Cariad@iaith:love4language
| Cariad@iaith:love4language | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Fflic |
| Presented by | Rhodri Owen (2004) Gareth Roberts (2011-2012) Nia Parry (2002-2012) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 9 (2011), 9 (2012) |
| Production | |
| Production locations | fforest[1] Cilgerran, Pembrokeshire |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | S4C |
| Release | 2002 – 2012 |
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 from GLC, 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]
References
- ^ "fforest". fforest. 15 May 2002. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
- ^ "Welsh under Big Brother's gaze". BBC Wales. 15 May 2002. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) [dead link] - ^ "I'm a celebrity... rwy'n dysgu Cymraeg*". BBC Wales. 5 March 2004. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
- ^ http://www.coldatnight.co.uk
- ^ http://www.s4c.co.uk/e_press_level2.shtml?id=521
- ^ http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/Learners-festive-special/story-14197913-detail/story.html
- ^ http://www.s4c.co.uk/cariadatiaith/e_index.shtml