A mini-television show, written, directed and filmed by an 11-year-old Ceredigion boy will premiere on S4C tonight.

Miri Mawrth is a two minute TV programme created by Osian, 11, about an entertainment show based on Mars in 2096. Miri Mawrth will air on S4C tonight (Wednesday) at 5.50pm.

“It’s called Miri Mawrth, and it’s a TV programme hosted on mars,” Osian, from the Aeron Valley, said.

“It’s got cooking, fitness, stuff that’s going to be around for a long time really. It’s set in 2096, so it’s quite a far time in the future. You have to think really what’s going to be happened at that time. You don’t want anything that’s going to be out of date.”

Osian’s programme was chosen to air as part of the BFI’s second See Yourself on Screen challenge, which calls on young people aged four to 18 from across the UK to create an idea for a mini-TV show for the future, with winners seeing their show made, with the help of a team of professionals, and premiere on national television.

Osain said he first saw the competition on S4C programme, Stwnch Sadwrn. After he submitted a 30 second clip, to give a taste of his idea, BFI contacted him to say he was the winner of the Welsh category. Osian and his dad, Eryl, then filmed Miri Mawrth over the summer holidays.

“It was a fantastic experience, it was nice to see how a film comes together,” Osian said.

“Me and my dad did all the filming, then we sent it off so they could do all the editing.

“It was quite funny at one part, because I went down to the beach in Aberaeron to film myself in an alien costume. We did it early in the morning, like 8am. A man saw me and asked if I was in a wetsuit!

“It was nice to see how long it takes to do, because you just see a film that’s one or two hours but you never see all the work and graft that does into it.”

Osian said his favourite part of the experience was his masterclass with S4C presenter Owain Williams: “The masterclass was the best bit of all. Owain was with me for 45 minutes, giving examples and helping the whole thing. He asked me to come up with my idea before speaking and then he talked to me about all his ideas.

“I really enjoyed doing it. He told me to focus on one little idea or one big idea, rather than having thousands of ideas.

A spokesperson for BFI said: “In line with the aims of the YACF, the See Yourself on Screen Challenge seeks to encourage children and young people to engage with television, offering them an opportunity to share their ideas for the future of children’s TV - TV that is inspiring, informative, reflective and inclusive.

“A key aim of the Fund is to encourage the creation of high quality, free-to-air public service television programmes which reflect the lives of children and young people in the UK.”

BFI’s See Yourself On Screen Challenge, administered through the Young Audiences Content Fund, which is managed by the BFI and financed by the UK Government to support the creation of distinctive and unique content for young audiences in the UK.