Pentre Bach is a television programme for young children, shown on the Welsh-language channel

Television channel

A television channel is a physical or virtual channel over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the broadcast or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with carrier frequencies of 55.25 MHz for NTSC analog video and...

 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...

 as part of the daily Planed Plant

Planed Plant

Planed Plant was a strand of Welsh-language television programming for children broadcast by S4C.Although it included such imported animated programmes as Yu-Gi-Oh! and Sabrina, dubbed into Welsh, Planed Plant also featured a number of Welsh-produced programmes...

("Children's Planet") sequence. The series is based on the characters created by Mary Vaughan Jones

Mary Vaughan Jones

Mary Vaughan Jones was a celebrated Welsh children's author and schoolteacher.She was born at 'Firs Cottage', Maenan near Llanrwst in 1918, and died in the Rhuddlan area, Clwyd in 1983...

, the main character is Sali Mali

Sali Mali

Sali Mali is a popular Welsh children's book and television character, originally created by author Mary Vaughan Jones and illustrated by Rowena Wyn Jones during the 1960s and 1970s. Many Welsh-speaking children learnt to read by reading Sali Mali books....

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It is filmed in the village of Blaenpennal, which lies some 14 miles (22.5 km) south of Aberystwyth

Aberystwyth

Aberystwyth is a historic market town, administrative centre and holiday resort within Ceredigion, Wales. Often colloquially known as Aber, it is located at the confluence of the rivers Ystwyth and Rheidol....

 in Ceredigion

Ceredigion

Ceredigion is a county and former kingdom in mid-west Wales. As Cardiganshire , it was created in 1282, and was reconstituted as a county under that name in 1996, reverting to Ceredigion a day later...

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Characters

• Bili Bom Bom
• Coblyn
• Jac Do
• Jaci Soch
• Jac y Jwc
• Jemeima Mop
• Jini
• Mrs Migl Magl
• Nicw Nacw
• Palu Pala
• Parri Popeth
• Pili Pala
• Pry Bach Tew
• Sali Mali
  Sali Mali
  Sali Mali is a popular Welsh children's book and television character, originally created by author Mary Vaughan Jones and illustrated by Rowena Wyn Jones during the 1960s and 1970s. Many Welsh-speaking children learnt to read by reading Sali Mali books....
  
  - owns a café (Caffi Sali Mali)
• Shoni Bric-a-moni
• Siani Flewog
• Tomos Caradog