A COMEDIC Gwynedd councillor is all set to make a splash in his latest TV offering.

One of the most colourful television partnerships will venture further than they have ever done before in a brand new series of Codi Hwyl (Raise the Sail).

The new series follows the adventures of the popular actor from Anglesey, John Pierce Jones, and Bala councillor Dilwyn Morgan, who also works as a comedian and entertainer, as they sail from Cardiff to Brittany.

John Pierce Jones, who now lives in Cardiff, said, “We’ve sailed to Ireland twice and wanted to continue with the Celtic theme so we decided to go to Brittany.

“We had an amazing welcome there. There’s a special connection between them and us – we’re the same people, really – except they escaped further from the Saxons!”

In the first episode, John and Dilwyn sail their boat Mystique from Cardiff across the Channel to the small harbour of L’Aber Wrac’h in Brittany – a trip that took them three days.

Codi Hwyl will broadcast on S4C on Wednesday 29 March at 8.25pm

See this Thursday’s north editions of the Cambrian News for the full story