BAFTA has announced the appointment of Lee Walters as the new chair of the arts charity’s branch in Wales BAFTA Cymru; a volunteer position to help steer and shape BAFTA’s activity in Wales. He succeeds BAFTA Cymru presenter Angharad Mair in the role, who chaired BAFTA Cymru for nine years. BAFTA Cymru was established over […]

International children’s television favourite, The Smurfs, are set to return to S4C – under their Welsh name, Y Smyrffs – for the first time in 40 years. The Welsh-language channel has acquired a licence to broadcast the animated series from owner Peyo Company. It will be dubbed in Welsh by production company Cwmni Da and […]

Welsh-language public service broadcaster S4C and Welsh media consortium Media Cymru have announced that they have called “the most ambitious research and development project in S4C’s history”. It will explore the future of S4C’s audiences, its distribution and public service broadcast prominence in the digital age. The channel’s ultimate aim is to ensure its Welsh-language content is easily discoverable […]

S4C has announced that Geraint Evans has been appointed Chief Executive of S4C. Evans is S4C’s Interim Chief Content Officer, and leads the commissioning team. He joined S4C in 2019 as News and Current Affairs Commissioner. He was responsible for developing S4C’s digital news service, before becoming Director of Content and Publishing Strategy. Before joining […]

The BBC has acquired a new, six-part crime drama series The One That Got Away, filmed and set in Pembroke Dock, Wales, for BBC Wales, BBC Four and BBC iPlayer. Produced by BlackLight TV (a Banijay UK company) it was written by Catherine Tregenna and stars Elen Rhys, Richard Harrington and Rhian Blythe. The One […]

Following BBC Cymru Wales and Media Cymru’s first Content Innovation Fund in 2022 – another funding round has launched for Wales-based production companies to research, develop and commission innovation-driven content to engage audiences with the climate crisis across Wales and beyond. Nick Andrews, Head of Content Commissioning at BBC Wales, commented: “It’s terrific to be […]

A largely disused airfield is home to the new Snowdonia Test Centre and will showcase progress on the development of its Space Technology Test Centre (STTC) during an event to be held at the Llanbedr Airfield site on October 8th and 9th. The centre will be fully ready in March 2025. The event will welcome […]

Darlun TV, the production company based in Caernarfon in North West Wales, has announced the appointment of Non Griffith as their new Strategic Director. Griffith will be working alongside Arwyn Evans, Managing Director, and will be responsible for the overall creative and strategic direction of the company. She will be leading the team on the development of new ideas, […]