Dechrau Canu, Dechrau Canmol

Dechrau Canu, Dechrau Canmol
EnglishStart Singing, Start Praising
GenreReligious broadcasting
Presented byCurrent (2018–):
Nia Roberts
Huw Edwards
Lisa Gwilym
Nigel Owens
Ryland Teifi
Theme music composerChristopher Tin
Tudur Dylan Jones
Country of originWales
Original languageWelsh
Production
Executive producerMarc Edwards
ProducerAled John
Running time30 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production companies
  • BBC Cymru Wales (1961–1993)
  • Intrada (1993–1998)
  • Teledu Elidir (1998–2006)
  • Avanti Media (2006–2017)
  • Rondo Media (2017–)
Original release
NetworkBBC One Wales
Release1 January 1961 (1961-01-01) –
1982 (1982)
NetworkS4C
Release1982 (1982) –
present
Related
Songs of Praise
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Dechrau Canu, Dechrau Canmol (Welsh for 'Start Singing, Start Praising') is a television series featuring congregational Christian singing in the Welsh language. Currently broadcast by the Welsh-language television channel S4C, it is one of the longest-running television programmes on any British television channel, the first edition having been broadcast by the BBC from Trinity Chapel, Swansea, on 1 January 1961.[1] The programme inspired the creation of the similar English-language series Songs of Praise, which began later in the same year.

The programmes celebrate important festivals and dates in the Christian calendar and place on film the celebration of important national and international occasions where the music is of a devotional and religious nature.

  1. ^ "Dechrau Canu, Dechrau Canmol". Radio Times (in Welsh). Vol. 149, no. 1938 (London ed.). BBC Publications. 29 December 1960. p. 16. ISSN 0033-8060. Retrieved 25 January 2020.