Rownd a Rownd
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Rownd a Rownd (English: "Round and Round") is a Welsh soap opera created by Rondo Media (formally Ffilmiau’r Nant) and shown on S4C since 11 September 1995. It was claimed to be the first Celtic-related language soap specifically directed at a youth audience. It is set in the fictional harbour town of Glanrafon in Anglesey.
Rownd a Rownd | |
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Genre | Soap opera |
Theme music composer | Jochen Eisentraut[1] |
Country of origin | Wales |
Original language | Welsh |
No. of series | 29 |
No. of episodes | 1,920 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Bedwyr Rees |
Producers | Alaw Roberts Manon Lewis Owen |
Production locations | Menai Bridge Bangor Caernarfon Llangefni |
Editors | Rhian Evans Geraint Williams |
Running time | 30 minutes (inc. adverts) |
Production companies | Ffilmiau'r Nant (1995–2008) Rondo Media (2008–) |
Original release | |
Network | S4C |
Release | 11 September 1995 (1995-09-11) – present |
Related | |
Pobol y Cwm |
At its inception, the soap was targeted towards an adolescent and young adult audience. It has since broadened its appeal but the main focus remains on the younger characters. Beginning with a small cast of characters, the serial now has upwards of thirty cast members.
The soap is consistently in the top 20 most watched programmes of the week on S4C,[2] the show currently averaging around twenty thousand viewers per episode.[3] Two episodes are produced each week; since February 2020 these have been broadcast at 20:25 on Tuesdays and Thursdays (with the previous episode being repeated at 18:30). In addition, a weekly omnibus with in-vision English language subtitles airs on Sunday daytime. Every summer Rownd a Rownd takes a two-month seasonal break, finishing in mid-July and restarting in September to coincide with the new academic year.