An hour for everyone to enjoy Welsh history and culture

[Press release from S4C. Crying shame about the subtitles, but there we are.]

S4C has created a new opportunity in the schedule to enjoy programmes which place special focus on Welsh history, heritage and culture.

Every Monday night, between 10.00pm and 11.00pm, an hour has been set aside to show notable archive series. They will be shown again with on-screen English subtitles, allowing everyone to follow the content.

Dafydd Rhys, S4C Director of Content said, “Our intention is to respond to comments, made during discussions with leaders of Welsh learners’ groups and others, which suggested that showing programmes about Welsh history and culture would benefit those who are interested in learning the language and viewers who have an interest in our culture. With on-screen English subtitles, the programmes can be enjoyed by everyone whatever their knowledge of the Welsh language.”

The first two archive series to be shown on Monday, 9 June, are Mamwlad (10.00pm) and Darn Bach o Hanes (10.30pm).

Mamwlad is a series presented by Ffion Hague which looks at the stories of our nation’s pioneering women. In this first programme, we hear about Megan Lloyd George, the first female MP to represent Wales. Ffion Hague will consider the highs and lows of Megan’s political career and personal life.

Locations, artefacts and people; these are the three cornerstones of the series Darn Bach o Hanes, through which we will look at fascinating and revealing stories, shedding further light on our country’s rich past. Presented by Dewi Prysor, Monday’s programme focuses on a hawking whistle from the 17th century, and explores the history of a Georgian kitchen garden near Bridgend.

Monday 9 June

10.00pm Mamwlad

10.30pm Darn Bach o Hanes

I think this is a great idea for attracting new or not-yet Welsh speakers with unique programming. Bravo S4C. :slight_smile:

sellotape and a piece of paper (or 5, based on today’s screen sizes) should nobble the subtitles…

Or glasses/sunglasses with a strip of paper sellotaped to the bottom…:wink:

Maybe there’s a marketing opportunity there…:smile:

I seen both these previously but will watch again. If you tune in at 21:30 you’ll be able too see a replay of Straeon Tafarn also. I was in the pub the night they recorded the music part - That’s a night I’ll never forget…

9.30 Straeon Tafarn - Black Boy, Caernarfon
Dewi ‘Pws’ Morris visits the Black Boy in Caernarfon. What is the meaning of the pub’s name and why was an Investiture held in the town - twice? Who was Elen Francis and what is Cofi Dre? There will be contributions from John Davies, Gerallt Lloyd Owen and local experts.

If you watch on a laptop it’s easy to lay something along the bottom of the screen and block the subtitles.

Yes, bravo S4C.

Subtitles: Or one could always simply close one’s eyes.

As some of us older pobol, brought up on steam wireless, might say “the pictures are better on radio” (or with eyes closed).