Not funny

Brand new Plaid Cymru AM Delyth Jewell (Ysgol Gyfun Cym Rhymni, St Hugh's and Jesus College, Oxford) has not wasted time taking up her Culture brief.

She's laid into "Pitching In", a new comedy/drama series for BBC1 Wales, starring evergreen Welsh favourites Larry Lamb and Hayley Mills. Larry is a widower with a caravan site on Anglesey. Viewers have been swift to point out that all the actors playing Welsh parts have accents from the Valleys.

Delyth, who I predict will go far, wants action: "As a first step, the Corporation should conduct a review into its internal commissioning processes to try to work out what went wrong in this particular case. While BBC Wales’ original content is generally of a very high standard, this sorry episode will only contribute to a general sense of disillusionment within Wales that we are not fully in control of our own media."

BBC drama in Wales is, of course, a triumph. It's odd that big cheese Rhodri Talfan Davis has yet to tweet about this latest offering.