Aifric

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show_name = Aifric


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format = Teenage
camera = Single-Camera
picture_format = PAL (16:9)
audio_format = Stereo
runtime = 22 minutes
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starring = Clíona Ní Chíosain
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country = Ireland
language = Irish
network = TG4
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first_aired = 2006-11-02
last_aired = Present
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"Aifric" (IPA|/ãːfʲɾʲɪk/) is an Irish-language TV series aimed at young teenagers, directed by Paul Mercier.

The first of the weekly thirteen-part series began broadcasting on 31 October 2006, the date of TG4's tenth anniversary.

The programme charts the progress of fourteen-year-old Aifric (played by newcomer Clíona Ní Chíosain), along with her somewhat eccentric family, as she tries to settle into her new life in Conamara, having recently moved from Dublin.

Aifric is also currently being shown on Scotland's new gaelic channel BBC Alba. It is dubbed in Scottish Gaelic.

Characters

* Aifric - the protagonist; fun-loving, insecure, mercurial

* Sophie - Aifric's best friend and "confidante"

* Claudia - Aifric's rival; blonde, rich, arrogant, pretentious

* Traolach - Aifric's younger brother, has a keen interest in Eastern philosophy

* Maim - Aifric and Traolach's mother

* Daid - Aifric and Traolach's father, accountant by profession, but rock musician by aspiration

* Bróna - Eccentric classmate of Aifrics, has few (if any) friends, plays the cymbals

* Maidhc - Aifric's classmate, he has a crush on Aifric

* Leo - The "surfer dude" of the series, who Aifric has a crush on

Season 2 was released in October 2007

Trivia

* Over 95% of production budget was spent in the Galway region

* The production employed over 100 crew and a cast of almost 150 actors

* In August 2004, there was a national talent search which auditioned over 1000 hopeful teenagers for the many young roles in the show, including that of Aifric.

External links

* http://www.aifric.tv
* http://www.tg4.ie
* http://www.4rfv.co.uk/industrynews.asp?ID=53778