Ffeil

Infobox British television
show_name = Ffeil


caption =
format = Children's news magazine
runtime = 6 minutes
creator =
country= UK
language = Welsh
presenter = Owain Wyn Evans
Catrin Heledd
Iwan Griffiths
Karen Peacock
channel = S4C
first_aired = September 1995
last_aired = present
num_episodes =
editor =
producer = BBC Cymru
website = http://www.bbc.co.uk/ffeil
related = Newsround
imdb_id =

"Ffeil" ("File") is a Welsh-language television news programme for children and young people, produced by BBC Cymru Wales for S4C.

Overview

Originally aired for three times a week for 15 minutes (except during school summer holidays), "Ffeil" is broadcast live for six minutes every weekday afternoon throuhgout the year at 4:50pm, from the BBC's Broadcasting House in Llandaff, Cardiff. A reporter is also based at the BBC's North Wales newsroom in Bangor.

Although the programme has been compared greatly to its English-language counterpart, CBBC's "Newsround", "Ffeil" differs in that it's produced directly by BBC Cymru's news and current affairs department (whereas "Newsround" is produced by CBBC with facilities provided by BBC News). The programme also has an expanded brief to cover Welsh regional news and features, alongside national and international news. The reporters and presenters on "Ffeil" also regularly contribute to news coverage on BBC Radio Cymru and the nightly "Newyddion" programme on S4C.

Presenters and Reporters

*Owain Wyn Jones (Main presenter/reporter, Cardiff)
*Catrin Heledd (Presenter/reporter, Cardiff)
*Iwan Griffiths (Presenter/reporter, Cardiff)
*Karen Peacock (North Wales Correspondent/occasional presenter, Bangor)

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/cymru/ffeil/ Official website] (in Welsh)