Cyw (
Welsh for "Chick", ) is the name of a
Welsh-language
Welsh ( or ) is a Celtic language of the Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales, by some in England, and in Y Wladfa (the Welsh colony in Chubut Province, Argentina). Historically, it has al ...
children's television block from
S4C (Channel 4 Wales), which launched on 23 June 2008.
Primarily aimed at children in the 3 to 6 age group, Cyw operates from Monday to Friday from 6am to 12pm, and includes programmes which have been previously broadcast by S4C in the ''Planed Plant Bach'' (Little Children's Planet) slot, such as "Bla Bla Blewog (Ha Ha Hairies) Sam Tân (
Fireman Sam
''Fireman Sam'' ( Welsh: ') is a Welsh animated children's television series about a fireman named Sam, his fellow firefighters, and other residents in the fictional Welsh rural village of Pontypandy (a portmanteau of two real towns, Pontypridd ...
) Tomos a'i Ffrindiau (
Thomas and Friends
''Thomas & Friends'' (originally known as ''Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends'' and later ''Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures!'') is a British children's television series that aired across 24 series from 1984 to 2021. Based on ''The ...
) and ''Bob y Bildar'' (''
Bob the Builder
''Bob the Builder'' is a British animated children's television series created by Keith Chapman for HIT Entertainment and Hot Animation. The series follows the adventures of Bob, a building contractor, specialising in masonry, along with ...
'') as well as shows being transmitted for the first time in Welsh such as ''Dafydd a Bitw ac Owain a Henri'', ''Heini'', ''Y Brodyr Coala'' (''
The Koala Brothers
''The Koala Brothers'' is a British stop-motion animated children's television show that features the adventures of 2 koala brothers named Frank and Buster, as they seek to help their friends in a sleepy town in the Australian outback. Seventy-n ...
''), ''Y Teulu Mawr'' (''
The Large Family
''The Large Family'' ( French: ''La Famille Trompette'') is a British-French animated children's television series based on the book series of the same name written by Jill Murphy and published by Walker Books in the United Kingdom. The series ...
''), ''
Rapsgaliwn'', ''
Dona Direidi'', ''Caio'' (''
Caillou
''Caillou'' () is a Canadian educational children's television series which aired on Teletoon (both English and French versions), with its first episode airing on the former channel on September 15, 1997; it later moved to Treehouse TV, with i ...
'') and ''Ben a Mali a'i byd bach o hud'' (''
Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom
''Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom'' is a British preschool animated television series. The show was created by Neville Astley and Mark Baker, and produced by Astley Baker Davies and Entertainment One (the companies responsible for ''Peppa Pig' ...
'').
Programmes
Current programmes
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Ben Dant''
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Asra''
*''(Welsh translation of
Bing
Bing most often refers to:
* Bing Crosby (1903–1977), American singer
* Microsoft Bing, a web search engine
Bing may also refer to:
Food and drink
* Bing (bread), a Chinese flatbread
* Bing (soft drink), a UK brand
* Bing cherry, a varie ...
)''
*''
Dwylo'r Enfys''
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Hafod Haul''
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Jen a Jim a'r Cywiadur''
*''Patrôl Pawennau (Welsh translation of
PAW Patrol
''PAW Patrol'' is a Canadian computer-animated children's television series, children's television series created by Keith Chapman. It is produced by Spin Master, Spin Master Entertainment, with animation provided by Guru Studio. In Canada, the ...
)''
*''Octonots'' ''(Welsh translation of
Octonauts)''
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Shwshaswyn''
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Cacamwnci''
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Dona Direidi''
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Rapsgaliwn''
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Llan-ar-goll-en''
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Cyw a’i Ffrindiau''
*''Blociau Rhif'' (Welsh translation of
Numberblocks)
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Cywion Bach''
*''(Welsh translation of
Abadas)''
*''Peppa (Welsh translation of
Peppa Pig
''Peppa Pig'' is a British preschool animated television series by Astley Baker Davies. The show follows Peppa, an anthropomorphic female piglet, and her family, as well as her peers portrayed as other animals. The show first aired on 31 Ma ...
)''
*''Sam Tân (Welsh translation of
Fireman Sam
''Fireman Sam'' ( Welsh: ') is a Welsh animated children's television series about a fireman named Sam, his fellow firefighters, and other residents in the fictional Welsh rural village of Pontypandy (a portmanteau of two real towns, Pontypridd ...
)''
*''(Welsh translation of
Odo)''
*''Y Brodyr Coala'' ''(Welsh translation of
The Koala Brothers
''The Koala Brothers'' is a British stop-motion animated children's television show that features the adventures of 2 koala brothers named Frank and Buster, as they seek to help their friends in a sleepy town in the Australian outback. Seventy-n ...
)''
*''
Anifeiliaid Bach y Byd''
*''Timpo'' ''(Welsh translation of
Tinpo)''
*''Blero'n Mynd i Ocido'' ''(Welsh translation of
Messy Goes to OKIDO)''
*''
Ahoi!''
Upcoming programmes
Former programmes
*''Bob y Bildar'' ''(Welsh translation of
Bob the Builder
''Bob the Builder'' is a British animated children's television series created by Keith Chapman for HIT Entertainment and Hot Animation. The series follows the adventures of Bob, a building contractor, specialising in masonry, along with ...
)''
*''Dic a Dei a Delyth'' ''(Welsh translation of
Dig & Dug with Daisy)''
*''(Welsh translation of
Boj)''
*''(Welsh translation of
Pingu
''Pingu'' is a stop-motion children's television series co-created by Otmar Gutmann and Erika Brueggemann. It was originally produced from 1990 to 2000 by Swiss company The Pygos Group (originally called Trickfilmstudio) for SF DRS in Switzerl ...
)''
*''(Welsh translation of
Teletubbies
''Teletubbies'' is a British children's television series created by Anne Wood and Andrew Davenport for the BBC. The programme focuses on four differently coloured characters known as the Teletubbies, named after the television screens on t ...
)''
*''(Welsh translation of
Tweenies
''Tweenies'' is a British live action Puppet children's television series created by Will Brenton and Iain Lauchlan. The programme is focused on four pre-school aged characters, known as the "Tweenies", playing, singing, dancing, and learning ...
)''
*''
Meees''
*''Tecwyn y Tractor'' ''(Welsh translation of
Tec the Tractor)''
*''Ben a Mali a'u Byd Bach O Hud'' ''(Welsh translation of
Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom
''Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom'' is a British preschool animated television series. The show was created by Neville Astley and Mark Baker, and produced by Astley Baker Davies and Entertainment One (the companies responsible for ''Peppa Pig' ...
)''
*''Y Dywysoges Fach (Welsh translation of
Little Princess)''
*''Bach a Mawr (Welsh translation of
Big & Small)''
Channel presentation
Idents and graphics
The channel logo was built of the word Cyw in the Elementary SF Sans font, the C being in red, the y in yellow and the w in blue. Cyw is a non-commercial block, in a different format as its parent, S4C.
Mascots
The channel features 6 characters, created as part of the channel's global identity, which are used as short animated bumpers into programmes.
The network mascots are a lion named Llew ("Lion"
[https://www.gweiadur.com/en/Pawb (registration required)]), an elephant named Plwmp ("Direct/Blunt" or "Plump"
), a small
fuchsia
''Fuchsia'' () is a genus of flowering plants that consists mostly of shrubs or small trees. The first to be scientifically described, ''Fuchsia triphylla'', was discovered on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic) ...
-coloured bird named Deryn ("Bird"
), a giraffe named Jangl, a bulldog named Bolgi ("Glutton",
and a play on the Welsh word for dog), and Cyw ("Chick"), a small female chick. A three legged dog named Triog would later join in 2018.
On October 4, 2018, Hoho Entertainment signed a co-production deal with S4C to create a localised version of Cyw's segments, titled ''Chickpea and Friends'', with the Cyw character being renamed as then titular Chickpea. This series' VOD rights were later pre-sold to Canadian streaming site Kidoodle.TV in most countries and
Tencent Video
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in China.
Cyw's characters were originally from Planed Plant Bach before it got replaced by Cyw.
Presenters
Presenters currently are Huw Owen, Cati Rhys, Griff Daniels and Elin Haf.
The future
In a press release, S4C announced that the plan would be eventually for Cyw to launch as a standalone channel. This was believed likely to occur during the switchover to
DVB
Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) is a set of international open standards for digital television. DVB standards are maintained by the DVB Project, an international industry consortium, and are published by a Joint Technical Committee (JTC) o ...
and
DTT in the UK, which took place between 2007 and 2012. However, the launch never took place, and Cyw still remains as a block on
S4C to this day.
''
Stwnsh'' has since replaced ''
Planed Plant'', providing two hours' worth of programmes, every weekday evening.
External links
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References
{{Television in Wales
Television programming blocks in Europe
British children's television series
S4C original programming
2008 British television series debuts