| Planed Plant | |
| Launch Date: | (Y Clwb S4C) (Slot Meithrin) (Slot 23) (5 Pump) (Planed Plant And Planed Plant Bach) (Cyw) (Stwnsh) |
| Closed Date: | (Y Clwb S4C) (Slot Meithrin) (Slot 23) (5 Pump) (Planed Plant Bach) (Planed Plant) |
| Network: | S4C |
| Country: | Wales |
| Former Names: | Y Clwb S4C (1982–1990) Slot Meithrin (1990–1998) Slot 23 (1990–1994) 5 Pump (1994–1998) Planed Plant And Planed Plant Bach (1998–2010) Cyw (2008–present) Stwnsh (2010–present) |
| Language: | Welsh |
| Area: | Wales |
| Website: | Official Planed Plant site |
Planed Plant ("Children's Planet") was a strand of Welsh-language television programming for children broadcast by S4C. It first aired in September 1998. Back then, it had previous names and services, like Y Clwb S4C (1982-1990, when the channel itself was first launched), Slot Meithrin (1990-1998), Slot 23 (1990-1994), and 5 Pump (1994-1998).
Planed Plant included imported animated programmes such as Yu-Gi-Oh!, Sabrina, Horseland and Dennis and Gnasher are dubbed into Welsh. It' also featured a number of Welsh-produced programmes. Uned 5, the channel's flagship youth magazine show, was often introduced by Planed Plant until April 2005 when the programme moved to a new prime-time slot.
Until 26 October 2007 production of Planed Plant was in-house. This was replaced by a service from independent production company Boomerang. As part of the changes, the previous presentation team (Alex Jones, Mari Grug, Alun Williams) were replaced by a new team of announcers/presenters. Newcomers Geraint Hardy and Meleri Williams began presenting the 4-6pm strand for older children (Planed Plant). Williams left the presentation strand after eleven months and was replaced by Lois Cernyw and Tudur Phillips.
Planed Plant was shown on S4C weekdays between 16.00 & 17.00 on analogue and 16:00 & 18:00 on digital. In 2010, S4C replaced it with a similar children's block called Stwnsh.
Slot Meithrin on 17 September 1990 until 16 September 1998, Planed Plant (pre school version) on 17 September 1998 until December 2001 and Planed Plant Bach ("Small Children's Planet"), the services for nursery age children, were replaced by Cyw ("Chick") on 23 June 2008.[1]
Continuity presenters in the past include: