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Cyw A’i Ffrindiau
, ) is a Welsh-language children's television block from S4C, 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 & Friends) 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''), ''Y Teulu Mawr'' ('' The Large Family''), '' Rapsgaliwn'', ''Dona Direidi'', ''Caio'' (''Caillou'') and ''Ben a Mali a'i byd bach o hud'' ('' Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom''). Programmes Current programmes *''Ben Dant'' *''Asra'' *''(Welsh version of Bing)'' *''Dwylo'r Enfys'' *''Hafod Haul'' *''Jen a Jim a'r Cywiadur'' *''Patrôl Pawennau (Welsh tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welsh Language
Welsh ( or ) is a Celtic languages, Celtic language of the Brittonic languages, Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales by about 18% of the population, by some in England, and in (the Welsh colony in Chubut Province, Argentina). It is spoken by smaller numbers of people in Canada and the United States descended from Welsh immigrants, within their households (especially in Nova Scotia). Historically, it has also been known in English as "British", "Cambrian", "Cambric" and "Cymric". The Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 gave the Welsh language official status in Wales. Welsh and English are ''de jure'' official languages of the Senedd (the Welsh parliament), with Welsh being the only ''de jure'' official language in any part of the United Kingdom, with English being merely ''de facto'' official. According to the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, the Welsh-speaking population of Wales aged three or older was 538,300 ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peppa Pig
''Peppa Pig'' is a British preschool animated television series created by Neville Astley and Mark Baker. Produced by Hasbro Entertainment and Karrot Animation and formerly produced by Astley Baker Davies, the show follows Peppa, an anthropomorphic female piglet, and her family, as well as her peers portrayed as other animals. The show first aired on 31 May 2004. The eighth season began broadcasting on 4 September 2023. ''Peppa Pig'' has been broadcast in over 180 countries. Peppa herself has been voiced by several different performers through the years. Lily Snowden-Fine provided her voice in season one and Cecily Bloom in season two, then Harley Bird, five years old when she started, acquired the role for thirteen years until stepping down after season six. The role was taken over by Amelie Bea Smith, later Harriette Cox. John Sparkes, Morwenna Banks, Richard Ridings, Oliver May and Alice May also provide voices. On 31 December 2019, Hasbro acquired Entertainment On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pic Me
''Pic Me'' (or ''PICME'') is an Irish interactive preschool children's animated television series that premiered on 1 August 2005 on RTÉ, later airing on TG4 and Nick Jr. channels throughout Europe. HIT Entertainment held worldwide distribution rights. Since mid-2008, episodes of ''Pic Me'' have aired in the United States on Animania HD and Sprout. Also, in the United States, a Spanish-dubbed version airs on V-Me. Format Episodes of ''Pic Me'' last for approximately five to ten minutes. ''Pic Me'' is an innovative show in that it allows its viewers to star in each episode. Every episode has one viewer's photograph superimposed on a cartoon child's body. These characters then roam around the story, walking, running, jumping, and physically interacting with the main cartoon characters. The viewer characters neither speak, nor do the characters refer to them by each of their names. Instead, they are referred to as "Little Boy" (if the avatar is male) or "Little Girl" (if the av ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spot (franchise)
Spot is a fictional puppy created by Eric Hill, an English people, English author and illustrator of children's picture books. The success of Hill's books about Spot led to other media productions, including television and home video titles, music albums, and CD-ROM titles. History First published in 1980, ''Where's Spot?'' was inspired while Hill was working in creative marketing; he noticed that his three-year-old son was fascinated by the process of lifting up a paper, on a design that he was creating. Captivated by this thought, Hill created a story about a puppy which incorporated the flap design. During the late 1970s, this was an extraordinarily innovative concept, and it took some time for any publisher to take any notice of the idea before Puffin books decided to publish his book. Within weeks of the first book being released it topped the Bestseller list. Hill said that, "When I first drew Spot I realised that when I came to draw the spot on his body and the tip of hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big & Small
''Big & Small'' is a children's television series aimed at preschoolers following the lives of two very different best friends named Big and Small. ''Big & Small'' is a co-production between Kindle Entertainment and 3J's Productions produced in association with the BBC, Treehouse TV, and Studio 100. Three series were aired between 2008 and 2011. Characters * Big (operated by Todd Doldersum, voiced by Lenny Henry in the UK version), a large and purple bear-like creature who is very friendly and laid-back. * Small (operated by Jason Hopley, voiced by Lenny Henry in the UK version), a small and orange dog-like creature who is very raucous and impulsive. * Ruby (operated by Jamie Shannon in series 1 and 2 and Lesa Gillespie in series 3, voiced in the UK version by Imelda Staunton (series 1–2) and Tamsin Heatley in both versions of series 3), a pink red-haired mouse who lives in a hole within Big and Small's house. She is generally friendly but tends to lose her temper w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Princess (British TV Series)
''Little Princess'' is a British animated children's television series created by The Illuminated Film Company. It was directed by Edward Foster during series 1–3 and directed by Sue Tong during series 4. It premiered in the United Kingdom in 2006. The programme is shown in the UK as part of Channel 5's ''Milkshake!'' and as ''Y Dywysoges Fach'' in the children's programming strand Cyw on the Welsh language channel S4C. The stories in series 1–3 are narrated by Julian Clary, who also provides the voice of the cat character Puss. Series 4 is narrated by Rufus Jones. Jane Horrocks provides the voice of the Little Princess. The series is based on the original books by Tony Ross and follows the success of Ross's 1986 book 'I Want My Potty', which was also turned into a five-minute short film for Anytime Tales. Characters *Narrator (voiced by Julian Clary and Rufus Jones) *Little Princess (voiced by Jane Horrocks) *Queen (voiced by Maggie Ollerenshaw) *Maid (voiced by Victor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mona The Vampire
''Mona the Vampire'' is an animated children's television series based on the children's book of the same name written and illustrated by Sonia Holleyman (itself adapted to the novel series, itself illustrated by Holleyman and written by Hiawyn Oram). The series aired in Canada on YTV from September 13, 1999, to February 22, 2006; in France, it first aired on France 3 on October 30, 2000. ''Mona the Vampire'' was co-produced by the CINAR Corporation, Alphanim, Animation Services (in Hong Kong; season 3) and YTV in co-production with France 3 (seasons 1 and 2), Canal J (seasons 1) and Tiji (seasons 3 and 4), with the participation of the Independent Production Fund, the Shaw Children's Programming Initiative and Telefilm Canada. Premise The series follows the adventures of Mona Parker, who refers to herself as "Mona the Vampire", as well as her two best friends, Lily Duncan ("Princess Giant") and Charley Bones ("Zapman"), and her pet cat, Fang, as they imagine themselves con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, the Welsh equivalent of Channel 4. 52 episodes over two series of the 15-minute show have been made. Characters The family run their own recycling plant from their home at Acropolis Cottage, and are headed by Costaaas, a male sheep from Greece, who is married to Baaalwen, a black Welsh ewe, (played by Tamsin Heatley) whom he supposedly met in a Milanese choir. The couple live with their daughter Meeegan, her husband Meeelvyn, and their twins called Jaaason and Meeedea (named after the Greek mythological figures Jason and Medea, 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tweenies
''Tweenies'' is a British live action puppet children's television series created by Will Brenton and Iain Lauchlan, and produced by Tell-Tale Productions and the BBC. The programme was focused on four preschool-aged characters, known as the "Tweenies"; Jake, Fizz, Milo & Bella, whilst playing, singing, dancing and learning in a fictional playgroup in England. They are cared for by two adult Tweenies; Judy & Max and his dog; Doodles, and later another dog, Izzles. ''Tweenies'' first premiered on 6 September 1999 on the BBC's children's block and consisted of a total of 390 episodes, with the final episode airing on 25 July 2002. Repeated episodes of the series aired on CBeebies from 2002 to 2016. In 2000, the show won a British Academy Television Award for Best Pre-school Live Action Series, and singles featuring exclusive songs spent several weeks in the charts during the early 2000s. ''Tweenies'' also released music in the early 2000s and achieved five top 20 singles on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teletubbies
''Teletubbies'' is a British children's television series created by Anne Wood and Andrew Davenport for the BBC. The programme focuses on four differently coloured characters known as the Teletubbies, named after the television screens on their bellies. Recognised throughout popular culture for the uniquely shaped antenna protruding from the head of each character, the Teletubbies communicate through gibberish and were designed to bear resemblance to toddlers. The series rapidly became a commercial success in Britain and abroad. It won multiple BAFTA awards and was nominated for two Daytime Emmys throughout its run. A single based on the show's theme song reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart in December 1997 and remained in the Top 75 for 32 weeks, selling over a million copies. By October 2000, the franchise generated over £1billion () in merchandise sales. Though the original run ended in 2001, a rebooted series was green-lit in 2014. The reboot premiered on CBeeb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pingu
''Pingu'' is a stop motion animated children's television series originally produced in Switzerland. It was co-created by Otmar Gutmann and Erika Brueggemann. It centres on the titular anthropomorphic emperor penguin and his family, who live in the South Pole. The series aired on SF DRS for four series from 7 March 1990 to 9 April 2000, and was produced by the Swiss animation studio Pingu Filmstudio; with Swiss toy company Editoy AG, and later on, Pingu BV handling IP ownership of the series. The series has been popular outside of Switzerland, particularly in the United Kingdom and Japan, in part due to its lack of a real spoken language. Nearly all dialogue is in an invented grammelot "penguin language" referred to as 'Penguinese' or 'Pinguish', consisting of babbling, muttering, and the titular character's characteristic sporadic honking sound, which can be popularly recognized as "Noot noot!" or other variants, accompanied by turning his beak into a megaphone-like shape. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
