To coincide with the 150th anniversary celebrations surrounding the establishment of ‘Y Wladfa’, the Welsh settlement in Patagonia, this programme celebrates the friendship of two men, two countries and one journey, a testament to the fascinating life of world...
This programme pays tribute to the iconic Groggs, who celebrated their 50th anniversary this year. We hear the story behind the small clay figures produced by world famous company World of Groggs near Pontypridd. Over the past half century, some of the leading global...
Alun Lewis is considered by many to be the finest British writer of the Second World War. Born in the south Wales valleys, he was just twenty-eight when he died in service overseas. Yet the poems, letters and stories that he left behind make him a true great of Welsh...
Jess Davies, 22 from Aberystwyth, is a UK famed glamour model. This documentary explores the relevance of Page 3 in the current age through her eyes, as well as those of Wales’s leading academics, magazine editors and photographers. It also explores the notion of...
In this second series of the historical landscape series Caeau Cymru, presenter Brychan Llŷr unlocks the history and stories of our countryside communities by researching and analysing the names of our land. Accompanying Brychan is historian Dr Rhian Parry, who...
A Living History series in which seventeen brave individuals will travel back in time to 1525. The series follows the success of Y Plas, which looked at life in a country mansion, Llanerchaeron, in 1910. This time we travel back to Tudor times when Henry VIII was king...
A living history series following contributors stepping back into life at a 1910’s manor house. Y Plas (The Country House) sees one family and twelve other individuals live in the perfectly preserved Llanerchaeron Country House for three weeks under conditions as they...
S4C’s flagship homes and interiors series 04Wal celebrated its tenth anniversary in March 2010. 04Wal presenter Aled Samuel has visited some of the most interesting and exciting homes in Wales, along with the homes of ex-pats living across the UK, Europe and further...
This fourth series of Cegin Bryn is based on chef Bryn Williams’ new book ‘For the Love of Veg’, and specifically on the Supper Clubs which use one ingredient in four different courses. The programmes combine cooking in a loft-style kitchen in Cardiff with...
This is the story of Hannah Clark, an ordinary girl from Mountain Ash, South Wales with an extraordinary story of survival. Suffering from a serious heart condition at two years old, it would take the work of eminent surgeon Sir Magdi Yacoub to save her life....
Wales has produced some of the best-loved and most distinctive writers of recent decades; chart-toppers who’ve also managed to please the most demanding critics. Yet these writers haven’t always received the attention they deserve. Now, Great Welsh...
The poet Dylan Thomas is famous the world over. But often it’s for tales of his tempestuous life rather than for what he wrote. Now Welsh poet Owen Sheers looks at what started all the fuss: the words on the page. Homing in on Thomas’ major poems, Sheers leads viewers...
