Den unge Jacob rejser til en lille ø ved Wales’ kyst for at opklare et familiemysterium. På øen møder han en besynderlig pige, som tilsyneladende forsvinder for øjnene af ham. Hun ender dog med at lede ham til Miss Peregrines børnehjem, et mystisk sted der gemmer på masser af hemmeligheder. Snart må Jacob erkende, at der ikke blot findes børn med overnaturlige kræfter: Han spiller selv en vigtig rolle i deres overlevelse.
Hvor langt er du parat til at gå i kærlighedens navn? Da Anna hører om den irske tradition, der tillader kvinder at fri til deres kærester på skuddag, flyver hun straks til Irland for at indfange sin højtflyvende kæreste og fri til ham. Hendes planer ser ud til at gå i vasken, da hun ankommer til den forkerte by, men så rækker den flotte kroejer Declan hende en hjælpende hånd og kører hende tværs gennem landet til den rigtige by. Så er spørgsmålet bare, om Anna kan forblive sin kæreste tro og modstå Declans irske charme i denne vildt sjove komedie.
I denne psykologiske thriller fra Blumhouse spiller Kevin Bacon og Amanda Seyfried et par, der søger en rolig ferie i et øde hus på landet i Wales. Hvad der i starten ligner det perfekte tilflugtssted, udvikler sig til et frygteligt mareridt, da virkeligheden begynder at blive afsløret, mørke hændelser fra fortiden dukker op igen, og mørke kræfter i huset nægter dem at tage afsted.
Dette er den oprindelige, klassiske gyserfilm, hvor ét af filmhistoriens mest berygtede monstre for første gang så dagens lys. Lon Chaney Jr. Larry Talbot, som vender hjem til sin far (Claude Rains) Wales og møder en smuk kvinde, Jenny (Evelyn Ankers) En skæbnesvanger aften følger Talbot Jenny til et lokalt karneval, hvor hendes skæbne afsløres af en spåkvinde. Filmens drømmeagtige atmosfære, dens scenografi og dens uhyggelige temamusik gør The Wolf Man til et mesterværk inden for genren og filmhistorien.
Den inspirerende sande historie om Dream Alliance, en usandsynlig racehest opdrættet af den lille bybarman, Jan Vokes. Med meget få penge og ingen erfaring overbeviser Jan sine naboer om at indsnævre deres ringe indtjening for at hjælpe med at rejse Dream og konkurrere med racingeliterne. Deres investering betaler sig, når Dream stiger gennem rækkerne og bliver et fyrtårn for håb i deres kæmpende samfund.
Under Gay Pride-marchen i London i 1984 finder en umage forsamling af bøsser og lesbiske sammen om en ny sag: Man vil indsamle penge til de strejkende minearbejdere. Problemet er bare, at minearbejderne ikke ønsker at blive associeret med de glade, regnbuefarvede givere, så hovedstadshomoerne må en tur på landet for nedkæmpe fordommene.
Oliver har problemer med populariteten i skolen, men da en mørkhåret skønhed fatter interesse, må han prøve at være den bedste kæreste han kan. Samtidig er hans forældres skrøbelige ægteskab i fare, da hendes gamle flamme flytter ind ved siden af, og Oliver må sørge for at hans forældre bliver sammen.
Helen er tvunget til at bo hos sin eksmand, hvor hun deler hus med både hans syge mor, hans nye unge kæreste og deres nyfødte baby. Hendes glæder er begrænset til lidt sjov med kollegerne på arbejdet, men hverdagen ligner altid sig selv... indtil Joanne, pigen som Helen var hemmeligt forelsket i, da de gik i skole, vender tilbage til byen og vender op og ned på Helens verden.
Da de to engelske geodæter Reginald Anson og George Garrad ankommer til den walisiske landsby Ffynnon Garw for at opmåle det lokale bjerg af samme navn - byens vartegn og store stolthed - mødes de af den mest excentriske flok walisere, man kan tænke sig. Opmålingerne viser, at Ffynnon Garw faktisk er femten fod for lavt til at gå under betegnelsen 'bjerg', og til indbyggernes store bestyrtelse betyder det, at bjerget ikke vil optræde på det officielle landkort. På foranledning af den opfarende pastor Jones og den liderlige værtshusholder Morgan Buk, nedsættes i al hast en forsamling af mennesker, der skal formå de to englændere til at foretage endnu en opmåling af Ffynnon Garw - således at det kan indtage sin rette plads i historien som et bjerg og ikke bare en høj.
Alle familien Morgans mænd har altid arbejdet i kulminen og er derfor totalt afhængige af tidernes skiften, så da priserne falder på kulmarkedet, skærer minens ejere hårdt i arbejdernes lønninger. Der fandtes endnu ikke stærke fagforeninger, og meningerne om sådanne idéer var da også stærkt delte. Så da de fleste af arbejderne går i strejke for deres ret, står Huws far, Gwilym, der ikke ønsker at strejke, pludselig alene over for både kolleger og familiemedlemmer. Konflikten strammer til, og en sen nattetime rammer tragedien for første gang for alvor familien, men det bliver ikke den sidste.
Howard blev født i Kenfig i det sydlige Wales. Hans livsrejse førte ham først til universitetet i Oxford, siden videre till Tyskland, London, Irland, Pakistan, Amsterdam, Thailand, Ibiza, Mallorca, Manilla, USA - for til sidst at havne bag tremmer. På hans vilde rejse knytter han kontakt til mafiaen, CIA, IRA og MI6. Han har 43 forskellige alias, 4 børn, 89 telefonlinjer, 25 forskellige forlag rundt om i verden, og han har solgt over en million bøger.
Adele tager sin datter, Sarah, med til den walisiske kyst for at besøge hendes far. Men Sarah stikker af, og hendes forældre finder hende ved kysten… druknet! Kort tid efter dukker en anden lille pige pludselig op. Hvem er hun? Og hvad vil hun? Historien om en landejer, der gennemførte et drabeligt masseselvmord med sine brødre for 60 år siden finder vej til forældrene, og svarene på alle spørgsmålene nærmer sig hastigt… Hårene rejser sig i nakken, og uhyggen breder sig som ringe i det mørke walisiske havvand, ved mødet med THE DARK - den nye spændingsfilm af instruktøren bag prisvinderen Ginger Snaps. Maria Bello fra ”A History of Violence” spiller hovedrollen som tragedieramte Adele, og Sean Bean, der var Boromir i ”Ringenes Herre”-trilogien, er hendes fraskilte mand, James. Var du vild med ”Den Sjette Sans” og ”Ondskabens Hotel”? Så træd indenfor… i mørket…
Deciding to turn over a new leaf, a group of friends who also happen to be vampires and werewolves move into a house together, only to find that it is haunted by ghosts of people who have been killed under mysterious circumstances. As they deal with the challenges of being supernatural creatures, their desire to be human bonds them.
Belonging is an English-language Welsh television drama series, produced by BBC Wales and broadcast on BBC One Wales. The programme revolved around the lives of the Lewis family, and their various trials and tribulations in the changing environment of their South Wales town Bryncoed and modern Wales. The programme began in 1999, and its ninth and final series started in April 2008 and ended in June. A one-off ten-year anniversary special was broadcast on 16 April 2009, centring around a reunion of the Lewis family.
The misadventures of Vlad and Ingrid, who have moved to Britain from Transylvania with their father Count Dracula.
Detective superintendent reopens two unsolved murder cases from the 1980s. Forensic methods link the crimes to a string of burglaries. Steve's team has to find more evidence before the perpetrator is released from prison.
Tom Mathias comes to Aberystwyth having abandoned his life in London. He's a brilliant but troubled man. Despite his faults he is an excellent detective, who knows that the key to solving the crime lies not in where you look for truth, but how you look.
A blood-soaked, medieval epic that tells the story of Wilkin Brattle, a 14th century warrior, whose life is forever changed when a divine messenger beseeches him to lay down his sword and lead the life of another man: a journeyman executioner. Set in northern Wales during a time rife with rebellion and political upheaval, Wilkin must walk a tight rope between protecting his true identity while also serving a mysterious destiny. Guided by Annora, a mystical healer whose seeming omniscience keeps Wilkin under her sway; manipulated by Milus Corbett, a devious Chamberlain with grand political aspirations; and driven by a deepening connection with the Baroness Lady Love, Wilkin struggles to navigate political, emotional and supernal pitfalls in his quest to understand his greater purpose.
The District Nurse is a British television series, produced by BBC Wales and shown on BBC One between 1984 and 1987. The series was a period drama created by Julia Smith and Tony Holland and starred Nerys Hughes as Megan Roberts, the titular district nurse fighting to improve living conditions for the people living in a poverty stricken mining town, Pencwm, in south Wales during the late 1920s. The School scenes were filmed at Pont-y-gof school in Ebbw Vale, shortly before the old school was demolished. The children and teachers at the school were involved in the first two series. The outdoor school and street scenes were filmed at a small village near Tredegar. Most of the houses used have now been demolished, however the street still remains. In the third series, shown in 1987 and set in the early 1930s, Megan had moved on to the seaside town of Glanmor where she worked with a father/son pair of doctors - Emlyn Isaacs and James Isaacs.
Ruth Jones stars as a 40-something mum juggling the ups and downs of family life amid the chaos of her eccentric friends, relatives and children's fathers.
A woman's search to uncover the mystery of the disappearance of her husband leads her to the Congo, where she's forced to seek the truth about what happened to the man she loved.
Ivor the Engine is a British children's animation by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin's Smallfilms company. It is a children's television series relating the adventures of a small green locomotive who lived in the "top left-hand corner of Wales" and worked for The Merioneth and Llantisilly Railway Traction Company Limited. His friends included Jones the Steam, Evans the Song and Dai Station, among many other characters.
The Indian Doctor is a British television drama set in the summer of 1963. Produced by Rondo Media and Avatar Productions, it was first broadcast on BBC One in 2010. The most recent series began on 27 February 2012 and concluded on 2 March. It is a period comedy drama starring Sanjeev Bhaskar as an Indian doctor who finds work in a South Wales mining village.
Daily soap featuring the fictional residents of the village of Cwmderi.
Educating … is a British documentary television programme produced by Twofour for Channel 4 that has run since 2011. It uses a fly on the wall format to show the everyday lives of the staff and students of various secondary schools around the UK; interspersed with interviews of those involved and featuring narration from the director and interviewer, David Clews. Filmed on location at schools in Harlow, Dewsbury, Walthamstow, Cardiff and Salford respectively, there have been six series to date: Educating Essex (2011), Educating Yorkshire (2013), Educating the East End (2014), Educating Cardiff (2015) and Educating Greater Manchester 1 & 2 (2017 and 2020).
Following comedian Rhod Gilbert as he tries out different jobs across Wales
Travelogue of England, Ireland and Wales, presented by Billy Connolly, including clips from his stand-up performances.
Huw Edwards presents a major television history of Wales, showing the country in ways it has never been seen before.
Comedians Elis James and Miles Jupp take a series of unconventional trips around Wales.
Christopher Timothy and Peter Davison get behind the wheel of the 1936-designed Morgan 4/4 and set out on a series of road trips along some of Britain's most beautiful vintage roads. Taking inspiration from old travel guides of the day and travelling the most iconic sights of the regions, they experience the thrills of the era when Britain first fell in love with the motor car and when the open road was a gateway to adventure and exploration.
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen visits some of the finest houses in Wales, stepping back in time to uncover their hidden stories.
It's picture perfect cakes, the people who make them and the emotional stories behind the epic treats. Life is sweet at Gareth and Ryan's warm-hearted insta-bakery in Cardiff.
