Chwalu Pen
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Host
Guest host: Llyr Ifans (2021, three episodes)
Co-hosts
Regular team captains:
Catrin Mara
Melanie Owen
Arwel 'Pod' Roberts
'Welsh Whisperer' (aka Andrew Walton)
Broadcast
Creon Lliw Croen for BBC Radio Cymru, 19 August 2021 to 22 December 2023 (34 episodes in 4 series, plus a Christmas special)
Cynhyrchiad Llyr Huws for BBC Radio Cymru, 30 June 2024 to present
Synopsis
Fiendish panel game asking Welsh speaking personalities to think about two things at the same time.
Four panelists, split into two teams, answer questions on a random specialist subject. The first letter of the eight answers in rounds one and three will spell out a ninth, bonus answer.
Mari and a 'Chwalu Pen' panel - have we introduced you to Gareth the orangutan before?A one-word clue for the bonus answer is given to the panelists beforehand - something not always easy to remember when the affable Mari is filling time with a friendly chat before starting the round itself.
A head-to-head quick fire round fills the gap for round two.
Devisor
Llyr Huws (also producer)
Trivia
The title roughly translates as Brainstorming.
Recorded not before a live audience at Sain Studios, Llandwrog, near Caernarfon - initially a necessity due to Covid regulations. The audience-free format has stuck post-pandemic.
Llyr Ifans, who stood in for Mari on a three-week run in the first series, is Rhys Ifans' younger brother - they starred together as Julian and Jeremy in the cult 1997 film 'Twin Town'.
Merchandise
Quiz book by producer Llyr Huws
