''Aifric'' () is an

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TV series aimed at young adults, co-created and written by

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and co-created and directed by Paul Mercier. The show has won multiple

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awards for "Best Children's/Youth Program". The first of the weekly thirteen-part series began broadcasting on 31 October 2006, the date of

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's tenth anniversary. The series followed the life of Aifric whose wacky family have just moved to a new town in the West of Ireland. The 14-year-old wants nothing more than to fit in but feels her family will not make it easy for her. Her mother is a new-age hippy who has banned television, while her father is a wannabe rock star, and her little brother is annoying. As well as on

, ''Aifric'' has also been shown on BBC Alba, where it was dubbed into

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. It was also shown on

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where it was dubbed into Portuguese and Spanish, and on Brezhoweb where it's been dubbed into Breton.

Characters

Trivia

* Over 95% of the production budget was spent in the

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region. * The production employed over 170 crew and a cast of almost 150 actors. * In August 2004, there was a national talent search which auditioned hopeful teenagers for the many young roles in the show, including that of Aifric.

Awards and nominations

''Aifric'' won best Children's/Youth programme at the 2007, 2008 and 2009

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, and was nominated for Best Irish Language show.Irish Film and Television Awards 2009
/ref> It won best Youth programme at the Celtic Film and Media Festival, 2009

References

External links

* http://www.tg4.ie * http://www.4rfv.co.uk/industrynews.asp?ID=53778 Irish-language television shows Irish children's television shows 2006 Irish television series debuts TG4 original programming Irish teen drama television series Television series about teenagers {{Ireland-tv-prog-stub