UKTV has announced the commission of the new series, Mudtown (6×60’), for its crime drama channel, Alibi. The six-part series is a co-commission with Welsh language free-to-air channel S4C and All3Media International. The series is produced by Severn Screen and has already commenced filming, shooting back-to-back in both English and Welsh language. Mudtown centres around […]
Research reveals that S4C’s economic contribution has resulted in 1,900 jobs and generated £136 million (€159m) for the Welsh economy. The research was carried out by Wavehill for the public broadcaster, to measure S4C’s economic and social impact on Wales and beyond for the 2022-23 financial year. The report shows that S4C, which broadcasts over […]
Welsh language broadcaster S4C has secured two industry leading mentors to work with companies that receive investment through its Commercial Growth Fund, which launched in September 2023. Nick Catliff and Stuart Baxter both have held high profile positions across the entertainment industry. The mentors will work with the fund’s advisor Laura Franses, to identify and […]
S4C, the public broadcaster and only Welsh language television channel, has commissioned Boom Cymru (co-producers of the BBC’s Christmas feature length drama, Men Up) to produce Creisis, a six-part drama. Creisis uses dark humour and breaks the fourth wall to immerse the viewer in the life of psychiatric nurse Jamie Morris, who isn’t only struggling with the mental […]
S4C digital content studio and media network, Little Dot Studios, has announced a partnership to bolster the public service media provider’s YouTube offering. The move reinforces S4C’s commitment to future-proofing its output and showcasing Welsh language and culture. S4C has received £7.5 million of additional funding from the UK Government’s Department of Culture, Media, and Sport […]
In its report published in October 2023, the UK House of Commons Welsh Affairs Committee called for the Six Nations rugby tournament to be included in Group A of the Listed Events Regime. The UK Government has explained that listing an event in Group A or B does not guarantee that it will be available free-to-air, […]
S4C saw the highest number of viewing sessions on BBC iPlayer during the first week of 2024. There were close to 350,000 viewing sessions between January 1st and 7th. As well as a 22 per cent increase in the viewing of S4C programmes on BBC iPlayer during this period compared to last year, S4C Clic […]
Stephen Crabb MP, the Chair of the UK House of Commons Welsh Affairs Committee, has written to Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer following its ‘concerning’ evidence session with the Chair of S4C and the Lead Non-Executive Board Member of the S4C Unitary Board. Within his letter, Crabb sets out the Committee’s continued concerns over the governance […]
S4C has announced that filming has started on Cleddau/The One That Got Away; a new, six-part, drama series that combines a gripping murder mystery with an electrifying love story. The series from BlackLight Television (a Banijay UK company) in collaboration with Banijay Rights, is being filmed in Welsh for S4C for broadcast in late 2024, […]
Sian Doyle, the fired chief executive of Welsh-language public broadcaster S4C, has criticised her dismissal by chairman Rhodri Williams as “an unprecedented lack of governance for a public body”. Doyle was sacked following an investigation into allegations of “bullying and a toxic culture” at the channel. Doyle released a statement on November 24th in which […]