''Meees'' (

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for ''Baaas'', as in the sound of bleating sheep) is a

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children's

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show from

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. It is about a family of

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opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a librett ...

-singing

sheep Sheep or domestic sheep (''Ovis aries'') are domesticated, ruminant mammals typically kept as livestock. Although the term ''sheep'' can apply to other species in the genus ''Ovis'', in everyday usage it almost always refers to domesticated s ...

, played by performers in sheep costumes. It is shown on

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, the Welsh equivalent of

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. 52 episodes over two series of the 15-minute show have been made.

Characters

The family run their own

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plant from their home at

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, and are headed by Costaaas, a male sheep from

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, who is married to Baaalwen, a black Welsh ewe,(played by Tamsin Heatley) whom he supposedly met in a

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ese

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. The couple live with their daughter Meeegan, her husband Meeelvyn, and their twins called Jaaason and Meeedea (named after the Greek mythological figures

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and

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, who also feature in opera). The characters in the series all have names which include an "eee" or "aaa", to reflect the sounds made by sheep. The fifteenth episode features the appearance of Aurora, Baaalwen's older sister, who has her nephew called Oscar, who never married an ewe or had children. Baaalwen and Costaaas live with Meeegan's older sister Alice, her husband Louis, and their three children called Terrence, Carol and David.

Show history

The show was first broadcast in 2005, and later in that year went on to win a

Bafta Cymru BAFTA Cymru (or BAFTA in Wales or WAFTA) is the Welsh branch of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and was founded in 1987.

for the ''Best New Media TV or Film Related.'' In April 2006 the rights to air the show were purchased by

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, the

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news network, after

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, the wife of the

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and channel founder supposedly "fell in love with" them. In Arabic it is known as 'آل ماااع' An English-language version of the show is now in the planning stages, in part written by former ''

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'' guitarist

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. The show was broadcast on 17 April 2007, in Latin American in Discovery Kids. In the Latin American Dubs, Costaaas (Andrés in Latin America) is voiced by Andrés Bustamante, Baaalwen (Angélica in Latin America) is voiced by María Santander, Meeeegan (Sofía in Latin America) is voiced by Liliana Barba, Meeelvyn (César in Latin America) is voiced by Humberto Vélez, Jaaason (Luis in Latin America) is voiced by Irving Corona, and Meeedea (Teresita in Latin America) is voiced by Verania Ortiz. The fifteenth episode features Rocío Garcel as the voice of Baaalwen's older sister Aurora, Gael García Bernal as the voice of Costaaas and Baaalwen's youngest son Oscar, Laura Torres as the voice of Meeegan's older sister Alice (Alicia in Latin America), Xavier Lopez "Chabelo" as the voice of Meeegan's brother-in-law Louis (Luis in Latin America), Diego Ángeles as the voice of Terrence (Javier in Latin America), Verania Ortiz (Meeedea's Latin American dubber) as the voice of Carol (María in Latin America) and Ángel García as the voice of David.

Staff

*Director: Helen Sheppard
Sian Reid
John Walker
Cliff Jones *Music:

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*Voices:

Tamsin Heatley Tamsin Heatley is a British actress. She has appeared on television programmes such as The Bill, The Young Ones, Horrid Henry, Fimbles, Tweenies, Big & Small and various other children's television shows. Her father was Norman Heatley, a biochem ...

Wayne Forester ''Horrid Henry'' is an animated children's television series based on the British children's book series of the same name by Francesca Simon. Produced by Novel Entertainment (in association with Nelvana Limited for series 1 only), it was broad ...

Joanna Ruiz Joanna Ruiz (born 1 February 1970) is a British voice actress who has mainly done voice acting for children's television shows. She attended the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. List of credits *Hilltop Hospital – Additional Voices *L ...

Ian Sexon (season 2)
Nick Mercer *Voices (Welsh):

Huw Ceredig Huw Ceredig Jones (22 June 1942 – 16 August 2011) was a Welsh actor, best known for portraying Reg Harries in the Welsh-language soap opera ''Pobol y Cwm''. Early life Huw Ceredig was born in Brynamman, Carmarthenshire, in 1942, the son of ...

Sharon Morgan
Clare Hingott
Olwen Rees
Liÿr Ifans
Rhys Parry Jones
Saran Morgan
Gwynfor Dafydd *Costume Characters:

Jenny Hutchinson Jenny Hutchinson (born 28 September 1974 in London, United Kingdom) was the original actress to play Fizz in the children's show ''Tweenies''. Among her other roles, she has played Meeedea in ''The Baaas'', the joker in Series 1 of ''Megamaths'' ...

Sian Reid
Colin Purves
Samamtha Dodd
Holli Hoffman
Garath Jones *Producer: Nia Ceidiog, of ''Cynhyrchiadau Ceidiog Creations''

References

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External links

Official S4C website of the Meees
S4C original programming British preschool education television series British television shows featuring puppetry 2005 British television series debuts British children's musical television series

Characters

Show history

Staff

See also

References

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