Cariad@iaith:love4language

cariad@iaith:love4language
Created by Fflic
Presented by Rhodri Owen (2004)
Gareth Roberts (2011-2012)
Nia Parry (2002-2014)
Country of origin United Kingdom
No. of episodes 9 (2011), 9 (2012)
Production
Location(s) Fforest Farm, Ceredigion
Cilgerran, Pembrokeshire
Llithfaen, Gwynedd[1]
Running time 60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel S4C
Original run 2002 – 2014

cariad@iaith:love4language is an S4C reality television series in which people attempt to learn the Welsh language.

History

Commissioned in 2002 from an idea by Fflic production staff, cariad@iaith:love4language originally involved members of the public who wished to learn Welsh, spending six weeks at Nant Gwrtheyrn language centre on the Llŷn Peninsula.[2]

This evolved into a week-long live series, airing in 2004, in which seven celebrities of Welsh extraction - Janet Street-Porter, Ruth Madoc, Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson, Amy Wadge, Steve Strange, Bernard Latham and Jamie Shaw - spent the week at Nant Gwrtheyrn.[3]

In 2011, cariad@iaith:love4language was recommissioned, and launched on 8 July revealing Matt Johnson, Sophie Evans, Josie d'Arby, Colin Charvis, Helen Lederer, Rhys Hutchings, Melanie Walters and Lembit Öpik as the celebrities set to spend a week learning the language under the tutelage of Nia Parry and Ioan Talfryn at fforest[4] eco-camp in west Wales.[5]

The series returned for a Christmas special on 24 December 2011, in which seven of the celebrities spent a weekend in Laugharne, Carmarthenshire.[6]

cariad@iaith:love4language returned on 23 May 2012 with a new celebrity line-up, as CBeebies presenter Alex Winters; Scrum V and BBC Sports Wales presenter Lisa Rogers; tenor Wynne Evans – or Gio Compario from the GoCompare.com TV ads; Lucy Owen, news presenter; rugby player Gareth Thomas; former X-Factor contestant Lucie Jones; actor Robert Pugh and actress Di Botcher attempt to learn Welsh.[7]

The 2013 series of cariad@iaith:love4language invites members of the public who wish to learn Welsh to take part.[8][9]

A 2014 series began in June, involving eight celebrities including goalkeeper Neville Southall, weather presenter Behnaz Akhgar, singer Ian Watkins and Big Brother winner Sam Evans.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Big Nev to appear in new series of S4C’s Cariad@Iaith show". Wales Online. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Welsh under Big Brother's gaze". BBC Wales. 15 May 2002. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  3. ↑ "I'm a celebrity... rwy'n dysgu Cymraeg*". BBC Wales. 5 March 2004. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  4. ↑ http://www.coldatnight.co.uk
  5. ↑ http://www.s4c.co.uk/e_press_level2.shtml?id=521
  6. ↑ http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/Learners-festive-special/story-14197913-detail/story.html
  7. ↑ http://www.s4c.co.uk/cariadatiaith/e_index.shtml
  8. ↑ "Welsh learner from Anglesey will take part in TV show", Daily Post, 15 May 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  9. ↑ http://www.saysomethingin.com/welsh/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=8744

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