Television Series
An animated Sali Mali series was produced by Siriol Productions and Cymru Cyfru and Calon for S4C. The theme tune to this was sung by Cerys Matthews, the series is narrated by Rhys Ifans. Sali Mali had broadcast in English on Nickelodeon & was broadcasted on BabyFirst TV. The show now airs on channel 4 and has also been sold to Scandinavian counties.
A pre-school children's television series, Caffi Sali Mali, was produced by Sianco for S4C. It was written by Ifana Savill using the characters created by Mary Vaughan Jones, including Sali Mali's pet bird, Jac-do, and her good friend, Jac y Jwc. This series is produced using actors in costumes and puppets. Sali Mali runs a cafe in the small village of "Pentre Bach" (English Little Village). A follow up series, Pentre Bach, which consisted of 52 episodes, was filmed using a purpose built village, located in Blaenpennal, which is also a guest centre run by Ifana and Adrian Savill. The rights to the series were bought by Al-Jazeera in April 2006, to be shown across the Middle East in Arabic.
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