Channel 4’s Paralympic Production Training Scheme will give 19 disabled people the chance to launch their broadcast careers with 12-month placements at independent production companies across the UK – and some will go on to work on the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games.   Successful applicants will spend a year working as trainee production co-ordinators or as researchers working on sport, entertainment, factual entertainment and factual productions at indies based throughout the UK – Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Chepstow, Glasgow, Leeds, London…

Channel 4’s new 6-part online series, Letters in Lockdown tells six incredible stories from across the UK, as four young people and two well-known faces are inspired to hand-write a letter of love, pride or re-connection to someone who means a lot to them. How will the recipients respond to this old-fashioned and unexpected gesture? Episode 2 features Mathew from Cardiff –  Dear Harvey Matthew is writing a letter to his best friend Harvey, who he has never met. Despite…

THE nation’s favourite historian Dan Snow comes to St David’s Hall on Tuesday 26 March armed with some fascinating facts about the Welsh capital! An Evening with ‘The History Guy’ features incredible research from the beloved BBC broadcaster aided by digital screen presentations depicting Cardiff’s heritage. This show is unmissable for the whole family including academics and students young and old. Plus, you’ll get the opportunity to partake in the audience Q&A, so have a think what you want to…

  The serious business of comedy will be one of many contemporary topics under discussion at this year’s Creative Cities Convention, hosted by top journalist and Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark. After its highly successful inaugural event held in Leeds last year the convention’s second outing, on Monday April 1 and Tuesday April 2 at the wonderful Royal College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, is shaping up to be a full house of industry leaders and a packed programme of…

Rugby star and testicular cancer survivor Matthew Rees is backing this year’s Stand Up To Cancer campaign alongside his Cardiff Blues teammates to help speed up life-saving research. Stand Up To Cancer, a joint fundraising campaign from Channel 4 and Cancer Research UK, unites celebrities, scientists and communities from across the UK. Every hour, around two people are diagnosed with cancer in Wales*. Matthew, who was diagnosed with the disease when he was just 32, said: “Cancer is a word…

George Clarke’s Old House, New Home for Channel 4 is back for a second series and he wants to feature homes in Cardiff. George wants to highlight the wealth and diversity of local housing stock, and celebrate architecture and craftsmanship in the area, so from the 22nd January his team will be in the area searching for people planning major interior makeovers. The series will help families uncover historic hidden gems, and create fabulous homes fit for the future. George says: “The problem is…

  Aberfan: The Green Hollow leads with seven nominations  Television drama Sherlock and feature film The Lighthouse each receive five nominations Aberfan disaster anniversary dominates factual categories with The Aberfan Young Wives Club and Aberfan – The Fight for Justice each receiving four nomination Cardiff, 1 September 2017: The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) in Wales, BAFTA Cymru, has announced today the nominations for the British Academy Cymru Awards, honouring excellence in broadcasting and production within film,…

Schemes invite talent from all over the UK and from all backgrounds to apply The UK’s most prestigious TV industry event, The Edinburgh International Television Festival, announces that submissions for its hugely popular Talent Schemes programmes are now open for 2017. The charitable organisation, whose mission is to identify and nurture the next generation of talent from all backgrounds runs The Network and Ones to Watch, the industry’s most respected training programmes. Running concurrently every year, the schemes help talent…

We are so excited to be coming down to the South West and Wales to find fun, energetic and confident singletons who would love to be a part of the much anticipated second series of Naked Attraction. There is no limit on gender, sexuality or body type –as long as they’re over 18 and looking for love then we want to speak to them!