03-05-2024, 09:52 AM
There was also a Welsh version of Mastermind with Betsan Powys for a few years - briefly revived during Covid but it's since disappeared again (in both cases, produced by BBC Cymru rather than farmed out to Hat Trick as per the network version)
Considering the recent turmoil within the channel, this almost certainly feels like it's been taken up where both Sian Doyle and Llinos Griffin-Williams left off with their more outward-looking push (is that tie-up with Ryan Reynolds' Maximum Effort still a thing?)
And of course, we're in the middle of an interim period so far as those in management are concerned (Sioned William has just begun her role as temporary CEO, for instance) - so I wonder if the next regime at S4C, whenever they emerge, would be so willing to buy in a format that has seen better days.
Considering the recent turmoil within the channel, this almost certainly feels like it's been taken up where both Sian Doyle and Llinos Griffin-Williams left off with their more outward-looking push (is that tie-up with Ryan Reynolds' Maximum Effort still a thing?)
And of course, we're in the middle of an interim period so far as those in management are concerned (Sioned William has just begun her role as temporary CEO, for instance) - so I wonder if the next regime at S4C, whenever they emerge, would be so willing to buy in a format that has seen better days.