Coordinates | 31°6′12″N77°10′20″N |
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Show name | Pobol y Cwm |
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Format | Soap opera |
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Network | BBC Wales (1974-1982)S4C (since 1982) |
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First aired | 16 October 1974 |
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Last aired | present |
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Runtime | 19 Mins 45 Secs without adverts |
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Country | Wales |
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Website | http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/pobolycwm/ |
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Pobol y Cwm (People of the Valley) is a Welsh-language television soap opera which has been produced by the BBC since October 1974. The longest-running television soap opera produced by the BBC, Pobol y Cwm was originally transmitted on BBC Wales television and later transferred to the Welsh-language station S4C when it opened in November 1982. and in 1994 was briefly shown in the rest of the UK on BBC2 with English subtitles. Five episodes are produced each week, normally broadcast at 20.00 every weeknight, with a repeat (subtitled in English) shown on the following weekday evening at 18.00. An omnibus edition (also subtitled) is shown on Sunday afternoons.
Setting
The setting for the show in the fictional village of Cwmderi, located in south-west Wales in an area lying somewhere between
Carmarthen and
Llanelli, although little effort is made to ensure that all the cast speak with
Carmarthenshire accents – indeed, the fact that there are "incomers" from other Welsh-speaking parts of Wales in the village is one of the programme's features. Most of the village activity centres on the pub,
Y Deri, and its adjacent small businesses and houses. Other frequent settings for storylines include the comprehensive school,
Ysgol y Mynach, and a local farm,
Penrhewl. The village is to be found in the heart of the Gwendraeth Valley. There are two other imaginary villages close to Cwmderi, namely Llanarthur and Cwrt Mynach.
While most of the cast are largely unknown to the English-speaking world, Ioan Gruffudd – who later became an international film star – played the part of Gareth Wyn Harries between 1987 and 1994. Other well-known faces who have appeared include Rachel Thomas, Huw Garmon, Gillian Elisa, Ieuan Rhys, Aneirin Hughes, and Gwenno Saunders (of The Pipettes). In October 2006, Imogen Thomas made a cameo appearance.
Gareth Lewis (who plays pub landlord Meic Pierce) is the seventh longest-serving actor in a continuous role in British television soap history, while Gwyn Elfyn has played the part of village shopkeeper Denzil Rees continuously since 1984, making him the tenth longest-serving actor still appearing in a United Kingdom soap opera role.
Current cast members
Llinor ap Gwynedd : Gwyneth Jones
Rhys Bidder : Macs White
Nia Caron : Anita Pierce
Jeremi Cockram : Siôn White
Sera Cracroft : Eileen Markham
Aled Davies : Rhys Llywelyn
Arwel Davies : Eifion Rowlands
Arwyn Davies : Mark Jones
Donna Edwards : Britt Monk
Bethan Ellis Owen : Ffion Llywelyn
Gwyn Elfyn : Denzil Rees
Marged Esli : Nansi Furlong
Mark Flanagan : Huw "Jinx" Jenkins
Alex Harries : Scott Lewis
Elin Harries : Dani Thomas
Rhys Hartley : Huw White
Justin Jones : Ieuan Griffiths
Mirain Alaw Jones : Lois Evans
Gareth Lewis : Meic Pierce
Richard Lynch : Garry Monk
Nicholas McGaughey : Brandon Monk
Caryl Morgan : Izzy Evans
Jonathan Nefydd : Colin Evans
Victoria Plucknett : Diane Ashurst
Catrin Powell : Cathryn "Cadno" Richards
Maria Pride : Debbie Collins
Dyfan Rees : Iolo White
Iwan Roberts : Kevin Powell
Sharon Roberts : Gaynor Evans
Tonya Smith : Yvonne Evans
Andrew Teilo : Hywel Llywelyn
Emily Tucker : Sioned Rees
Lisa Victoria : Sheryl Hughes
Simon Watts : Gethin Thomas
Tomos West : Ricky Jones
Buddug Williams : Marian Rees ("Anti Marian")
Siôn Ifan Williams : Liam Collins
Emyr Wyn : Dai Ashurst
Darren Borst : "Dafyd Ap Bleddyn"
Former or occasional cast members
Rhys ap Hywel : Jason Francis
Rhys ap William : Cai Rossiter
Heledd Baskerville : Lucy Steadman
Emyr Bell : D.I. Gwyn Lewis
Geraint Benney : Geraint
Eirlys Britton : Beth James
Ieuan Rhys : Sgt Glyn James
Huw Ceredig : Reg Harris
Glan Davies : Clem
Huw Euron : Darren Howarth
Gillian Elisa : Sabrina Ashurst
Hywel Emrys : Derek Jones
Huw Garmon - Steffan Humphries
Ioan Gruffudd : Gareth Wyn Harries
John Harries : Jon y Post
Phylip Harries : Ken Coslett
Brian Hibbard : Johnny Mac
Siw Hughes : Kathleen Pearl Jones
Kate Jarman : Erin Medi Hughes
Harriet Lewis : Maggie Mathias
Marc Llewellyn : Rhodri Lewis
Catrin Mara : Nesta Roberts''
Grug Maria : Julie Hughes
Elen Morgan : Lydia Lewis
Paul Morgans : Dwayne Richards
Dewi Pws Morris : Wayne Harris
Lisa Palfrey : Rhiannedd Frost
Lauren Phillips : Kelly Evans
Shelley Rees : Stacey Jones
Iwan Rheon : Macs White
Rosalind Richards : Kim
Gwynfor Roberts : Gwynfor
Helen Rosser Davies : Sara Francis
Cadfan Roberts : Glan Morris
Mared Swain : Carys Jenkins
Ed Thomas : Dr Gareth
Rachel Thomas : Bella Davies
Charles Williams : Harri Parri
Gari Williams : Edgar Sutton
Owen Williams : Mathew Price
Characters
Notes
External links
Category:BBC Wales television programmes
Category:S4C television programmes
Category:British television soap operas
Category:Welsh-language television shows
Category:1974 television series debuts
Category:Television shows set in Wales
Category:Welsh television programmes
Category:1970s British television series