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  1. 1Hinterland (2013)Hinterland (2013) 7.6/10 on IMDbFirst aired Oct 29, 2013The easiest place to start with Welsh crime drama. Every scene was filmed twice, once in Welsh as Y Gwyll and once in English, with a little subtitled Welsh left in the English cut. Aberystwyth and the Ceredigion hills do a lot of the talking: rain on slate, empty farmhouses, roads that seem to end…0
  2. 2Keeping Faith (2017)Keeping Faith (2017) 7.1/10 on IMDbFirst aired Nov 5, 2017Eve Myles plays Faith, a solicitor on maternity leave whose husband vanishes, and she carries the whole thing with frayed, funny warmth. It was filmed in both languages at once and aired first in Welsh as Un Bore Mercher, "One Wednesday Morning." The English version became the most popular show on…0
  3. 3Hidden (2018)Hidden (2018) 7.3/10 on IMDbFirst aired Jan 7, 2018North Wales gets its own brooding detective, and Snowdonia's woods and quarry towns make a colder, harder backdrop than the south's coastlines. Siân Reese-Williams and Siôn Alun Davies are a well-matched pair of detectives, and the second series moves the case into slate-gray Blaenau…0
  4. 4The Light in the Hall (2022)The Light in the Hall (2022) 7.0/10 on IMDbFirst aired May 15, 2022A grieving mother and a journalist face the parole of the man convicted of a murder in a Carmarthenshire village, and Joanna Scanlan is devastating as the mother. Alexandra Roach and Iwan Rheon, both Welsh, round out a cast that makes the village feel lived in. Made in English and Welsh versions…0
  5. 5The One That Got Away (2024)The One That Got Away (2024) 6.8/10 on IMDbFirst aired Oct 13, 2024Cleddau in Welsh, The One That Got Away in English: a nurse's murder throws an old conviction into doubt and reunites two former lovers on the case, played by Elen Rhys and Richard Harrington. Catherine Tregenna created and wrote it, and the Pembrokeshire coastline gives it big skies and a…0
  6. 6Tree on a Hill (2023)Tree on a Hill (2023)First aired Nov 19, 2023A long-married, very ordinary couple end up on the wrong side of the law in a bypassed town near Bannau Brycheiniog, and the tone is dark comedy rather than grim crime. Nia Roberts and Rhodri Meilir play Margaret and Clive, and the upper Swansea Valley around Ystradgynlais stands in for fictional…0
  7. 7Rough Cut (2022)Rough Cut (2022) 7.4/10 on IMDbFirst aired Oct 2, 2022Dal y Mellt is a Welsh-language crime caper about Carbo, a young man drawn into theft, lies and bigger players than he can handle, adapted from Iwan "Iwcs" Roberts's novel. It moves from Meirionnydd to Cardiff to Soho, with a swagger that feels nothing like the usual rain-soaked Welsh detective…0
  8. 8Bang (2017)Bang (2017) 6.6/10 on IMDbFirst aired Sep 10, 2017A loner comes into possession of a gun in Port Talbot, and his sister is the detective trying to trace it. Jacob Ifan and Catrin Stewart play the siblings, and the steelworks town gives the family story its industrial edge. Bang is the most honest picture here of how bilingual south Wales actually…0
  9. 9Anfamol (2023)Anfamol (2023)First aired Sep 6, 2023A dark but very funny comedy drama about Ani, a successful lawyer who has just turned 40 and decides to have a baby on her own with help from a sperm bank. It began life as Rhiannon Boyle's stage play, and the screen version keeps the frankness and the pathos. It's in Welsh, with English subtitles…0
  10. 10People of the Valley (1974)People of the Valley (1974) 8.1/10 on IMDbFirst aired Oct 16, 1974Pobol y Cwm, "People of the Valley," has run since October 1974 and is the longest-running TV soap the BBC has produced. It follows the Welsh-speaking residents of Cwmderi, a fictional farming village, and is made at the BBC's drama studios in Cardiff Bay. This is the one to try if you're learning…0