Tide (TV series)

Tide (Irish: Taoide; Scottish Gaelic: An Làn; Welsh: Llanw) is an Irish/Scottish/Welsh documentary TV series about the tide, the seas and human action on both.[2][3][4][5]

Tide
Irish	Taoide
Scottish Gaelic	An Làn
Welsh	Llanw
Genre	documentary
Narrated by	MacDara Ó Cuaig (Irish edition) Heledd Cynwal (Welsh edition)[1]
Country of origin	Republic of Ireland United Kingdom
Original languages	Irish, English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	3
Production
Production locations	Bay of Fundy Svalbard Galway Bay Zhejiang River Severn Orkney Xiapu County Gulf of Corryvreckan
Running time	50 minutes per episode
Release
Original network	BBC Alba BBC Northern Ireland S4C TG4
Picture format	1080i (HDTV) 16:9
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	May 1 – May 15, 2019
External links
Website

Filmed in Ireland, Great Britain, China, Norway, the Netherlands and Canada, it is a coproduction by TG4 (Ireland; Irish), BBC Alba (Scotland; Scottish Gaelic), BBC Northern Ireland, S4C (Wales; Welsh) and the Chinese broadcaster LIC.[6][7][8]

The series was pitched at the 2017 Celtic Media Festival and was part of the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages.[9][10] It was created with a GB£600,000 budget.[11][12][13]

Episodes

These broadcast dates are for TG4 and BBC Alba, the first stations to air the documentaries.

No.	Title	Original airdate
1	"Understanding the Tide"	May 1, 2019
2	"Living with the Tide"	May 8, 2019
3	"Harnessing the Tide"	May 15, 2019[6]

References

1. Forgrave, Andrew (18 May 2019). "Wales' tide bells chime out a climate change warning". North Wales Live.
2. "TG4's Annual Report for 2019 reveals many successes for the station | Press Release". TG4.
3. Courtney, Kevin. "TV guide: 15 of the best shows to watch this week". The Irish Times.
4. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p079q12z
5. "Press | S4C". www.s4c.cymru.
6. Siggins, Lorna. "New Irish TV Series on Tides to be Broadcast on TG4 in May". afloat.ie.
7. "The power of tides is explored in epic TG4 documentary series | Marine Institute". www.marine.ie.
8. "The power of the sea and how people use it". 15 May 2019.
9. ""Taoide" (Tide)". www.galwayhookers.ie.
10. "LÉIRMHEAS: Ag tuile agus ag trá a bhí 'Taoide' ar TG4". Tuairisc.ie.
11. "River Severn surfers star in new show about the world's most unusual waves". South Wales Argus.
12. "S4C fronts up with factual drama at MIPCOM | Programming | News | Rapid TV News". www.rapidtvnews.com.
13. MacLennan, Chris. "Major international TV series Tide to air on BBC Alba following international production collaborations".

External links

• Tide at IMDb
• Official page (BBC Alba)