Trend towards filming Welsh language productions in English as well 'bizarre' says The Feast actress

Clywch, Annes! Welsh producers, although nominally championing the Welsh language, have always been a little bit timid about its promotion outside Wales. All a little bit apologetic. With broadcasting, in the ‘traditional’ sense, through the medium of Welsh in obvious terminal decline, we need now to be brave and brash, and present the language unabashedly before the world. Viewing productions made in other languages is now the norm, (“Squid Game”, anyone?) Rhaid i gynhyrchwyr Cymru gofleido’r Gymraeg fel iaith ryngwladol o’r iawn ryw, a’i defnyddio a hyrwyddo felly.

Cytuno'n llwyr! Dwi wedi dweud hwn ers dechrau'r Gwyll! Mae fy ngwr (Sais) i'n hapus i wylio gyda'r is teitlau ymlaen. Gwastraff o arian i ffilmio dwywaith, gallent gwneud mwy o ddramau gyda'r arbedion!

The first time I encountered this was with the original - and quite excellent - Philip Madoc series HELIWR aka A MIND TO KILL. I'm not a Welsh speaker - I'm Pembrokeshire and schooled in the 50s and 60s, yes, I know I know - but I have no problems with subtitling and always watched the Welsh-language original, but I was also pleased to know that English-only people could get to see the excellence of Welsh actors, writing and production. (HEWLIR sold extraordinarily widely, internationally). I was seriously disappointed when the dvds were issued in English only. The first showings were back in the middle 1990s, remember so this isn't a new thing. I always watch films and tv subtitled, and will NOT watch diubbed material. It's never good and there's an added flavour to seeing things in the original language. So i completely agree that this dual version is arguable at best - but then there are a lot of people who can't cope with subtitling - mainly out of laziness, if the truth be told. Another thing, I just saw THE TOLL, featuring Annes Elwy. Excellent actor - incredible screen presence! I wasn't that keen to see THE FEAST - plotline seemed a bit awkward and earnest - but if she's in it I'll give it a go! Incidentally, THE TOLL went straight into my top-20 films to be rewatched more than four or five times. Quite remarkable, cleverly written, excellently acted, and giving a most peculiar alternate-world vision of Pembrokeshire. . And while I am here, does anyone else share my misery that so little S4C drama is on dvd or streaming? I would love to see, for example, PRIS Y FARCHNAD again, especiallly the extraordinary final season. it's hard even to find good info on S4C dramas online, except for current showings and the very recent..

Clywch clywch. Ond nid jest drama. Os mae Cymro neu Cymraes yn cael ei gyfweld ar y teledu, dylsai nhw defnyddio'r Gymraeg pob tro, a gallai fe cael ei isdeitlo mewn Saesneg lle bo angen.

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I agree Remember Hedd Wyn was produced in Welsh only and was nominated for an Oscar! The judges had no problem with a "foreign" language.

Despite almost all Icelanders having excellent English that tiny island produces fantastic film and TV in Icelandic. Recording in English as well as Cymraeg is yet another indication that we are nation of corgis (lap dogs begging for crumbs from our establishment owners.)

Welsh language productions should stay in its original form, and where appropriate, dubbed or subtitled as done with other non-English productions seen on TV from nations like Denmark, Sweden ect... And we shouldn't feel self-conscious or obligated due to past prejudice to reshoot any production in the medium of English to make it more marketable. The attraction is already there. It's in the beautiful language of Cymraeg. It sells itself

That also happened with Squid Game; Korean drama found success in the English world by being in English. It goes without saying that the Anglosphere isn’t quite used to stuff not in their language yet; I’m sure other countries will be fine with watching the Welsh.

The bilingual version of Hinterland was the best one, reflected life more accurately.

Cytuno'n llwyr. Unfortunately the 40% cut to S4Cs budget when the Tories came to power has made it difficult to fund high quality Welsh drama without money for an English version. But even prior to this S4Cs policy of going digital & creating more programmes but of lower quality meant that there was already lower investment in high quality, sufficiently funded drama. Hopefully better investment from other sources in partnership with S4C will be more prominent in the future. Gobeithio beth bynnag.