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BBC Cymru scores Wales Women’s football

The Football Association of Wales and BBC Cymru Wales have announced a new broadcast partnership deal which sees the BBC have the rights to broadcast Wales’s international Women’s Football games for the next five years. This includes the remaining qualifying games for the FIFA World Cup finals, hosted in Australia and New Zealand, the next […]

September 7, 2022

Nominations announced for 2022 BAFTA Cymru Awards

BAFTA has announced the nominations for the BAFTA Cymru Awards, honouring excellence and celebrating talent across film and television in Wales. This year’s BAFTA Cymru Awards will be back in-person in Cardiff for the first time in two years, with 21 categories spanning craft, performance and production. Alex Jones returns to host the special ceremony […]

September 7, 2022

WWE announces 2nd UNDERTAKER 1 deadMAN SHOW in Wales

WWE has announced that, due to unprecedented demand, a second UNDERTAKER 1 deadMAN SHOW has been added at 2:30pm on September 2nd at New Theatre Cardiff, Wales, ahead of the Clash at the Castle event. UNDERTAKER 1 deadMAN SHOW will feature The Phenom himself – perhaps the most celebrated performer in WWE history –  in an intimate […]

August 23, 2022By Nik Roseveare

Duolingo releases Welsh guide ahead of WWE Clash at the Castle

Duolingo, the language learning app, has launched a guide filled with iconic WWE words and phrases alongside their Welsh translations ahead of next month’s WWE stadium event, Clash at the Castle, emanating from Cardiff, Wales, on September 3rd. The guide includes WWE idioms, nicknames, and well-known signature Superstar moves. Fans can learn words such as […]

August 15, 2022By Nik Roseveare

UNDERTAKER 1 deadMAN SHOW to make international debut in Wales

WWE has announced that the UNDERTAKER 1 deadMAN SHOW will make its international debut on September 2nd, at the New Theatre Cardiff in Wales, ahead of Clash at the Castle. UNDERTAKER 1 deadMAN SHOW will feature The Phenom in an intimate setting, sharing never-before-heard stories from his Hall of Fame career and taking questions from the WWE Universe […]

August 10, 2022By Nik Roseveare

Katz: “Profit-driven C4 could leave hole in Britain”

Channel 4 Chief Creative Officer Ian Katz, speaking at the Wales Screen Summit, declared out-of-London producers “the most important voices in the privatisation debate” as he reminded the industry that the Government White Paper makes no commitment to the nations and regions under a private owner. In an interview following his keynote speech, Katz said there remains a “long legislative […]

June 16, 2022

Welsh language opera for Channel 4

Channel 4 and S4C have co-commissioned Cardiff based production company Afanti Media, to co-produce with OPRA Cymru the first ever musical adaptation in the Welsh language, it was announced at Wales Screen Summit by Ian Katz, Chief Content Officer, Channel 4. S4C and Channel 4 will be creating a film production of Un Nos Ola […]

June 16, 2022

Afanti makes The Perfect Pitch with Channel 4

Afanti Media’s The Perfect Pitch has been greenlit for a second series of the 15x 30-minute episodes for Channel 4 daytime it was announced at Wales Screen Summit. The warm and funny series, which received support from the Welsh Government via Creative Wales, follows a revolving cast of British families as they explore Britain in […]

June 16, 2022

BBC’s Lost Boys and Fairies to be filmed in Wales

BBC Drama and BBC Cymru Wales have announced a new drama co-commission titled Lost Boys and Fairies. Leeds-based indie Duck Soup Films will produce as their first commission for BBC One and BBC iPlayer. The 4×60’ drama series is created and written by Welsh writer Daf James. The series follows Gabriel, a singer and artiste-extraordinaire […]

June 16, 2022

New £12m movie production fund for Wales

More support will be available for Welsh film thanks to a new and simplified Welsh Government funding package which will help create quality jobs in the sector and generate at least £12 million (€13.9m) for the Welsh economy over the next two years, Deputy Minister for Arts and Sport, Dawn Bowden, has announced. Bowden made […]

June 15, 2022