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Ffeil
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageWelsh
Production
ProducerBBC Cymru
Running time3.30 minutes
Original release
NetworkS4C
ReleaseSeptember 1995 –
present
Related
Newsround

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

Overview

Originally aired three times a week for 15 minutes (except during school summer holidays), Ffeil was later broadcast live for four and a half minutes every weekday afternoon throughout the year at 4:50pm, from the BBC's Broadcasting House in Llandaff, Cardiff. The programme was transmitted from Studio C2, the second largest studio in Broadcasting House. Following a re-launch in Spring 2012, Ffeil is now broadcast from Monday to Friday from a smaller presentation studio at around 5:55pm during term-time.

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

  • Alex Humphreys

Past presenters

  • Guto Owen (Main presenter/reporter)
  • Hannah Hopwood (Main presenter/reporter)
  • Huw Foulkes (Main presenter/reporter)
  • Owain Wyn Evans (Main presenter/reporter)
  • Catrin Heledd (Presenter/reporter)
  • Jason Phelps (Presenter/reporter)
  • Iwan Griffiths (Presenter/reporter)
  • Steffan Messenger (Presenter/reporter)
  • Karen Peacock (North Wales Correspondent)
  • Mererid Wigley (Presenter/reporter)