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A new face sounds promising for S4C, hopefully they can put the last six months or so behind them and look to the future. It will be interesting to see how the shape of the channel develops. Drama seems quite strong (programmes ending up on Netflix and high quality co-productions with BBC, C4 etc.), sport and current affairs are well covered, and so is children's and soap opera. Light entertainment/comedy etc. seems the weakest point.

Won’t forgive myself for forgetting C’mon Midffild…

I think they’ve been wise going for someone who has at least a pedigree in television production (and certainly, network television) rather than coaxing out of retirement someone like Doyle who had lots of experience in high places as a business executive but too little when it came to the media (despite insisting she had campaigned for the channel as a student)

Entertainment does need a shake up - as successful as Priodas / Proseict Pum Mil is, it’s been over-commissioned these past few years - likewise Sgwrs Dan y Lloer, Elin Fflur’s outdoor chat show and to a lesser extent, ‘Jonathan’, which has somehow stumbled on with a very tired format whenever the rugby internationals roll around.

Wouldn’t be too sad to see the back of Gogglebocs either - which kinda represents that Doyle era where they’ve been chasing the international market as a top priority.