{"id":9760,"date":"2015-11-27T16:41:07","date_gmt":"2015-11-27T16:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=9760"},"modified":"2015-11-27T16:41:07","modified_gmt":"2015-11-27T16:41:07","slug":"welsh-language-soap-wins-radio-times-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/welsh-language-soap-wins-radio-times-award","title":{"rendered":"Welsh Language Soap Wins Radio Times Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Pobol y Cwm has won the Radio Times Soap of the Year Award in a victory for Welsh language television<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9773\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9773\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/PobolYCwmRadioTimes.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9773 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/PobolYCwmRadioTimes.jpg\" alt=\"The award winning soap is set in the real-life valley of Cwmderi\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/PobolYCwmRadioTimes.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/PobolYCwmRadioTimes-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/PobolYCwmRadioTimes-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9773\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9773 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/PobolYCwmRadioTimes.jpg\" alt=\"The award winning soap is set in the real-life valley of Cwmderi\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/PobolYCwmRadioTimes.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/PobolYCwmRadioTimes-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/PobolYCwmRadioTimes-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> The award winning soap is set in the real-life valley of Cwmderi (Photographer: Ian Ashton)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A Welsh language television soap has won the Radio Times Soap of the Year award, seeing off competition from television giants including EastEnders and Coronation Street.<\/p>\n<p>Pobol y Cwm is the longest running British soap, celebrating it\u2019s on air 40th birthday last year. Over 30,000 voted in the competition, with the programme winning 67% of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Radio Times award is a confirmation of Pobol y Cwm&#8217;s enduring appeal to viewers in Wales and beyond. For over forty years, the village of Cwmderi has been a home from home for millions of viewers, and this award reflects the continuing strength of the Welsh language and its people,\u201d said Lowri Cooke, author of \u2018Pobol y Cwm \u2013 Happy Birthday 40\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Set in the Cwmderi valley, the soap is broadcast on welsh language channel S4C and produced by BBC Wales in Cardiff. Notable alumni include the Hollywood actor Ioan Gruffud and Charles Williams MBE.<\/p>\n<p>With Cardiff University recently receiving a \u00a31.8 million grant to help preserve the Welsh language and the Welsh Language and Culture Centre opening in Cardiff in the New Year, the protection and promotion of the Welsh language remains a priority.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PobolYCwm?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PobolYCwm<\/a> topples <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Casualty?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Casualty<\/a> to claim Radio Times TV Champion 2015 soap crown <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bbcpobolycwm?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BBCPobolyCwm<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UQm3GcTvMY\">https:\/\/t.co\/UQm3GcTvMY<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m1HQ5zulsl\">pic.twitter.com\/m1HQ5zulsl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Radio Times (@RadioTimes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RadioTimes\/status\/668421017627435008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 22, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Diolch am bleidleisio! Thank you for voting! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PobolYCwm?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PobolYCwm<\/a> Radio Times TV Champion 2015<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yXT9Ry8v5u\">https:\/\/t.co\/yXT9Ry8v5u<\/a> \ud83d\udc4c\ud83c\udffc\ud83c\udf89\ud83d\ude00 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ao4HrbuSSn\">pic.twitter.com\/ao4HrbuSSn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pobol y Cwm (@pobolycwm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pobolycwm\/status\/668475168247963648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 22, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pobol y Cwm has won the Radio Times Soap of the Year Award 2015<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":426,"featured_media":9773,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-9760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-culture"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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