Caerdydd (TV series)

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Caerdydd
Caerdydd logo.jpg
Created by Fiction Factory
Country of originUnited Kingdom
(Wales)
Original languageWelsh
No. of seasons5
Production
ProducersFizzy Oppè, Catrin Rees, Ed Thomas
Running time47 minutes (III)
Original release
Network S4C
Release2006 (2006) –
2010 (2010)

Caerdydd is a Welsh language television programme set in Cardiff made by Fiction Factory [1] for Welsh public service television station S4C. The series is "a stylish, new drama about modern, urban Welsh-speakers living in a bilingual city" [2] following "a group of modern urban twenty- and thirtysomethings" [2] with "their complex friendships and relationships [set] against a backdrop of relentless socialising". [2] First commissioned by S4C's drama editor Angharad Jones in 2005, [3] as part of a drive by S4C to reach a younger audience, [4] [5] the third series of Caerdydd started its run on S4C on 30 March 2008. A fourth series was commissioned [6] and went into production in Spring 2008. [7] It started broadcasting on 14 June 2009. [8]

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Awards and nominations

Caerdydd (2nd series) has received three nominations for the 2008 Bafta Cymru awards: Best Screenwriter for Ed Talfan, Best Design for Hayden Pearce and Best Director of Photography (Drama) for Richard Wyn. [9] [10] The second series was also nominated at the Celtic Media Festival 2008 for best drama series. [11]

The third series has been nominated for Best Drama Series at the 2009 Bafta Cymru awards; Roger Wiliams as Best Screenwriter, and Ryland Teifi as Best Actor. [12]

Criticism

Criticism of the series focuses mainly on three topics:

"Sex In The Assembly" controversy

A row started after the broadcast of episode three in series III as it emerged that a sex scene was actually filmed on location in a toilet room of the Senedd, the Welsh National Assembly building, and not in a television studio. [13] [14] [15] Officials of the National Assembly for Wales Commission who approved the filming for the Neuadd area, the corridors of the building and for one scene in the baby-changing room, were not made aware of the nature of the scene. [13] [16] The scene itself, filmed on 14 March 2008, [13] involves Lea Kennedy (played by Alys Thomas) who is working for an unnamed party group and her much older boyfriend Stephen James (Dewi Rhys Williams) having sexual intercourse. [17] As a result, S4C announced that it was investigating the matter and had contacted producers. [13] [18] One AM, William Graham (Conservative) called for scripts to be vetted more closely in the future. [13] [19]

S4C's investigation came to this conclusion: S4C has looked into the circumstances surrounding the filming of drama series Caerdydd at the Senedd and is satisfied that the production company followed the correct procedures. We are confident that Senedd personnel who dealt with this issue were not misled. [19]

The National Assembly's investigation came to this conclusion: The National Assembly has carried out a full internal review of the circumstances of the filming of Caerdydd. We can confirm that at no stage of the negotiations about the use of the building for filming, or during the filming itself, was the content of the scene disclosed by the programme makers. Despite this setback, the Assembly is committed to being open and accessible to all, including programme makers, and we sincerely hope that this does not prevent us from working with responsible companies in future. [19]

Characters and cast

Further cast: Catherine Ayers (Nia, I), Nathan Sussex, Sousila Pilay (II), Lillie Downie (Baby Ela Ford, III/4,6-10), Amelia Wyatt (Baby Ela Ford, III/3,4), Nick Ross (Gwilym, III/3), Lisa Zamira (III/3), Lee Bane (III/3), John Schumacher (III/3), Tomos James (III/3), Tyron Lopez (III/4), Gemma Prosser (III/4), Hazel Condon (III/4), Bethan Cecil (III/7), Charlote Grey (III/8), Poonah Najimohammadi (III/9), Rob Kendrick (actor) (III/9), Martin Glyn Murray (III/9), Elen Florence (I), Charmaine Hibberd (III/10), Kathryn Dimery (III/10), Megan Browne (Ela Ford), Ross O'Hennessy John Davies The Immigration Officer

Production

Broadcasts

Series 1

Broadcasts of Series 1 on S4C [28]
EpisodeFirstRepeatedViewers [29]
111 January 200613 January 2006
218 January 200620 January 2006
325 January 200627 January 2006
43 February 20065 February 2006
510 February 200612 February 2006
617 February 200619 February 2006
724 February 200626 February 2006

Series 2

Broadcasts of Series 2 on S4C
EpisodeFirstRepeatedViewers [29]
110 January 200712 January 200770,000 [30]
217 January 200719 January 200745,000 [31]
324 January 200726 January 200740,000 [32]
431 January 20072 February 2007<30,000 [33]
57 February 20079 February 2007<33,000 [34]
614 February 200716 February 2007, 18 February 200743,000 [35]
721 February 200723 February 2007, 25 February 2007<35,000 [36]
828 February 20072 March 2007, 4 March 200743,000 [37]
97 March 20079 March 2007, 11 March 2007<40,000 [38]
1014 March 200716 March 2007<36,000 [39]

The second series was repeated in February and March 2008.

Series 3

Broadcasts of Series 3 on S4C
EpisodeFirstRepeatedViewers [29]
130 March 20083 April 200844,000 [40]
26 April 200810 April 200861,000 [41]
313 April 200817 April 200845,000 [42]
420 April 200824 April 200846,000 [43]
527 April 20081 May 200846,000 [44]
64 May 20088 May 200840,000 [45]
711 May 200815 May 200843,000 [46]
818 May 200822 May 200849,000 [47]
925 May 200829 May 200859,000 [48]
101 June 20085 June 200849,000 [49]

Series 4

Broadcasts of Series 4 on S4C
EpisodeFirstRepeatedViewers [29]
114 June 2009<32,000 [50]
221 June 200932,000 [51]
328 June 200938,000 [52]
45 July 2009<30,000 [53]
512 July 2009<35,000 [54]
619 July 2009<38,000 [55]
726 July 2009<38,000 [56]
82 August 200938,000 [57]
99 August 200936,000 [58]
1016 August 2009<36,000 [59]

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