A young actress from Llanuwchllyn will be seen on screens abroad after the television show she stars in was sold to four other channels.
Gwynedd-based TV company, Cwmni Da, has clocked up its first international sales for its hit children’s show about a pair of mischievous twins with magical powers, which stars 11-year-old Lowri Jarman.
The award-winning series, Deian a Loli, has been sold to four channels in Brittany after the original version proved hugely popular on S4C.
The live action series has been bought by TV Rennes, Tébéo, TébeSud and Brezhoweb and will be broadcast next year after being dubbed in Breton and Gallo, a regional form of French in the border lands of Brittany and Normandy, centred on Le Mans.
The deals were brokered by British distributor Videoplugger who are hopeful of clinching more sales in other countries.
The pre-school children’s programme won the Highly Commended award at the Broadcast Awards 2019, having previously won the 2017 BAFTA Cymru Awards for Best Children’s Programme.
The title roles are now played by Gwern Jones,12, from Llanrug, near Caernarfon and Lowri Jarman, 11, from Llanuwchllyn, near Bala.
Meanwhile, real-life husband and wife Rhian Blythe and Simon Watts were drafted in as the new mum and dad to replace the original parents played by Sian Beca and Carwyn Jones.
Producer Angharad Elen was inspired to create the Deian a Loli series by her own children, Cain, eight, and Syfi, five, who are frequently consulted about potential storylines.
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