Bandit (TV series)
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Bandit is a Welsh language
music television show on S4C
, produced by Boomerang. It includes, live performances, videos and interviews and is presented by Huw Stephens
, Sarra Elgan, and Huw Evans. The program aims to raise the profile of Welsh language popular music
but also includes music from Wales
with lyrics in other languages (usually English
).
Bandit also organizes several gigs each year and is considered to be S4C
's flagship music show. Their multiple nomination for BAFTA Cymru
awards each year demonstrates the programs appeal. One of their BAFTA's was won for 'Best title Sequence/Best motion graphics', the attention to detail has also been carried over to their website. Bandit have been nominated once again, for the 2008 awards, which will be announced on the 27 April.
Welsh language
Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...
music television show on S4C
S4C
S4C , currently branded as S4/C, is a Welsh television channel broadcast from the capital, Cardiff. The first television channel to be aimed specifically at a Welsh-speaking audience, it is the fifth oldest British television channel .The channel - initially broadcast on...
, produced by Boomerang. It includes, live performances, videos and interviews and is presented by Huw Stephens
Huw Stephens
Huw Stephens is a radio presenter currently broadcasting shows on BBC Radio 1.-Early life and career:Stephens was born in Cardiff, Wales, the son of the author and literary journalist Meic Stephens...
, Sarra Elgan, and Huw Evans. The program aims to raise the profile of Welsh language popular music
Popular music
Popular music belongs to any of a number of musical genres "having wide appeal" and is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional music, which are typically disseminated academically or orally to smaller, local...
but also includes music from Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
with lyrics in other languages (usually English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
).
Bandit also organizes several gigs each year and is considered to be S4C
S4C
S4C , currently branded as S4/C, is a Welsh television channel broadcast from the capital, Cardiff. The first television channel to be aimed specifically at a Welsh-speaking audience, it is the fifth oldest British television channel .The channel - initially broadcast on...
's flagship music show. Their multiple nomination for BAFTA Cymru
BAFTA Cymru
BAFTA Cymru is the Welsh branch of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.Formed in 1991, they hold an annual awards ceremony to recognise achievement by performers and production staff in Welsh-made films and television programmes...
awards each year demonstrates the programs appeal. One of their BAFTA's was won for 'Best title Sequence/Best motion graphics', the attention to detail has also been carried over to their website. Bandit have been nominated once again, for the 2008 awards, which will be announced on the 27 April.