Pobol y Cwm is a Welsh-language television soap opera which has been produced by the BBC since October 1974. The longest-running television soap opera produced by the BBC, Pobol y Cwm was originally transmitted on BBC Wales television and later transferred to the Welsh-language station S4C when it opened in November 1982. Rugby specials apart, Pobol y Cwm is consistently the most watched programme of the week on S4C, and in 1994 was briefly shown in the rest of the UK on BBC2 with English subtitles. Five episodes are produced each week, normally broadcast at 20.00 every weeknight, with a... repeat shown again at 22.30 the same night. An omnibus edition is shown on Sunday afternoons. The setting for the show in the fictional village of Cwmderi, located in south-west Wales in an area lying somewhere between Carmarthen and Llanelli, although little effort is made to ensure that all the cast speak with Carmarthenshire accents – indeed, the fact that there are "incomers" from other Welsh-speaking parts of Wales in the village is one of the programme's features.
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| On the air: | October 16, 1974 |
| Network: | S4C |