Cyw (
Welsh
Welsh may refer to:
Related to Wales
* Welsh, referring or related to Wales
* Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales
* Welsh people
People
* Welsh (surname)
* Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peop ...
for "Chick", ) is the name of a
Welsh-language children's television block from
S4C
S4C (, ''Sianel Pedwar Cymru'', meaning ''Channel Four Wales'') is a Welsh language free-to-air public broadcast television channel. Launched on 1 November 1982, it was the first television channel to be aimed specifically at a Welsh-speaking ...
(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) Tomos a'i Ffrindiau (
Thomas and Friends
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) and ''Bob y Bildar'' (''
Bob the Builder'') 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
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''), ''Y Teulu Mawr'' (''
The Large Family
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Rapsgaliwn
''Rapsgaliwn'' is an S4C programme for pre-school children. It is shown on the Welsh-language children's television programming strand, ''Cyw''.
References
British preschool education television series
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Dona Direidi'', ''Caio'' (''
Caillou'') and ''Ben a Mali a'i byd bach o hud'' (''
Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom
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'').
Programmes
Current programmes
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Asra''
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Bing)''
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Dwylo'r Enfys''
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*''Patrôl Pawennau (Welsh translation of
PAW Patrol)''
*''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
''Rapsgaliwn'' is an S4C programme for pre-school children. It is shown on the Welsh-language children's television programming strand, ''Cyw''.
References
British preschool education television series
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Llan-ar-goll-en
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Cyw a’i Ffrindiau
Cyw (Welsh language, Welsh for "Chick", ) is the name of a Welsh-language 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 ...
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*''Blociau Rhif'' (Welsh translation of
Numberblocks
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Cywion Bach''
*''(Welsh translation of
Abadas)''
*''Peppa (Welsh translation of
Peppa Pig)''
*''Sam Tân (Welsh translation of
Fireman Sam)''
*''(Welsh translation of
Odo
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*''Y Brodyr Coala'' ''(Welsh translation of
The Koala Brothers
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)''
*''
Anifeiliaid Bach y Byd''
*''Timpo'' ''(Welsh translation of
Tinpo
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*''Blero'n Mynd i Ocido'' ''(Welsh translation of
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Ahoi!''
Upcoming programmes
Former programmes
*''Bob y Bildar'' ''(Welsh translation of
Bob the Builder)''
*''Dic a Dei a Delyth'' ''(Welsh translation of
Dig & Dug with Daisy)''
*''(Welsh translation of
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*''(Welsh translation of
Pingu)''
*''(Welsh translation of
Teletubbies
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)''
*''(Welsh translation of
Tweenies)''
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Meees
''Meees'' (Welsh for ''Baaas'', as in the sound of bleating sheep) is a Welsh-language children's television show from Wales. It is about a family of multicultural opera-singing sheep, played by performers in sheep costumes. It is shown on S4C, th ...
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*''Tecwyn y Tractor'' ''(Welsh translation of
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*''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
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)''
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
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-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 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
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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
S4C (, ''Sianel Pedwar Cymru'', meaning ''Channel Four Wales'') is a Welsh language free-to-air public broadcast television channel. Launched on 1 November 1982, it was the first television channel to be aimed specifically at a Welsh-speaking ...
to this day.
''
Stwnsh
(, ) is a strand of Welsh-language children's television programming, aimed at children between the ages of seven and thirteen.
was launched on Monday 26 April 2010, replacing the former Welsh-language children's strand, (). is broadcast on ...
'' has since replaced ''
Planed Plant
''Planed Plant'' ("Children's Planet") was a strand of Welsh-language television programming for children broadcast by S4C. It first aired on 1 November 1982.
Background
''Planed Plant'' included imported animated programmes such as ''Yu-Gi-O ...
'', 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