Language laboratory

The French town of Quimper (pop 65,000) is recovering from the three-day Celtic Media Festival. It's the ancient capital of "Cornouaille"; the name comes from the Breton 'kemper' (Welsh 'cymer') meaning 'confluence' (of rivers). 

Star guest was the UK's leading Celt, Huw Edwards, discussing Huw Edwards in conversation with the Director of BBC Wales, Rhuanedd Richards. 

Other BBC speakers included: Aisling O'Connor, Head of Commissioning, BBC England; Karen Voisey,  Senior News Editor, BBC Wales; Calum McConnell, Assistant Commissioner, BBC Gàidhlig; Karen Kirby, Editor, BBC Gaeilge; Catherine Robinson, BBC Audio; David Harron, Commissioning Executive, Factual, BBC Scotland; Eddie Doyle, Senior Head of Content Commissioning, BBC Northern Ireland; Justin Binding, Commissioning Executive, BBC Northern Ireland; Mary McKeagney, Commissioning Executive, BBC Northern Ireland; Tommy Bulfin, Drama Commissioning Editor, BBC Northern Ireland; Gavin Smith, Commissioning Executive, Comedy, Drama and Entertainment, BBC Scotland; Gregor Sharp, Commissioning Editor, BBC Comedy, Scotland

• In honor of CMF's return to Brittany, Quimper's Katorza cinema screened its first film in the Breton language. The 2007 Irish comedy-drama musical, 'Once', about the romance of two Dublin buskers, was dubbed into Breton, and accompanied by French subtitles.