Cefn Gwlad
StarringDai Jones
Country of originWales
Original languageWelsh
Production
Production companyITV Cymru Wales
Original release
NetworkS4C
Release1982 (1982) –
present

Cefn Gwlad is a Welsh television series about the countryside and particularly (but not exclusively) farming in Wales. It is broadcast in Welsh. Hosted by Dai Jones ("Llanilar")[1] until 2020,[2] it looks at rural life in Wales, and sometimes elsewhere in the UK, through the lives of individuals or families. Occasionally the programme meets Welsh expatriates in other countries, such as New Zealand in 2009.[3]

The show was first broadcast on HTV Wales and was taken up by S4C in 1982, where it has been aired for 35 years (in 2019).[4] It is currently made by ITV Cymru Wales.[5]

The former home of Katheryn of Berain, now a farmhouse, was featured in an edition of the programme in 2016.[6]

References

  1. ^ Herbert Williams (25 August 2006). "Keeping up with the Joneses". Cambrian News. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Dai Jones Llanilar: Hundreds attend funeral". BBC News. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Cefn Gwlad in Kiwi country". Daily Post. 25 July 2009. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Cefn Gwlad | S4C". www.s4c.cymru.
  5. ^ Welsh Affairs Committee, House of Commons: Digital Inclusion in Wales. The Stationery Office. 2009. ISBN 9780215540768. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  6. ^ Daniel Bissett (2 April 2016). "Dai Jones and Cefn Gwlad team visit historical Berain farmhouse". Daily Post. Retrieved 17 May 2016.


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