List of Welsh television programmes

This is a list of Welsh television programmes including those produced or commissioned in Wales. This page also separately lists programmes filmed in Wales.

Welsh language only

For a more complete list, see List of Welsh-language programmes.

Drama

• Alys^[1]
• Caerdydd^[2]
• Yr Amgueddfa^[3]
• Y Goleudy^[4]
• Gwaith/Cartref^[5]
• 35 Diwrnod^[6]
• Cowbois ac Injans^[7]
• Con Passionate^[8]
• Pen Talar^[9]
• Y Pris^[10]

Comedy

• C'mon Midffîld!^[11]
• Cara Fi^[12]

Soap

• Pobol y Cwm^[13]
• Rownd a Rownd^[14]

Talk show

• Heno^[15]
• Wedi 7^[16]
• Y Byd ar Bedwar^[17]

Sport

• Clwb Rygbi^[18]
• Sgorio^[19]

Produced in both Welsh and English languages

The list shows the original title of the series in Welsh followed by the English language title.

Drama

• Y Gwyll / Hinterland^[20]
• Un Bore Mercher / Keeping Faith^[21]
• Dal y Mellt / Rough Cut^[22]
• Y Golau / The Light in the Hall^[23]
• Craith / Hidden^[24]
• Bang^[25]
• Yr Heliwr / A Mind to Kill^[26]

Comedy

• Ryan a Ronnie / Ryan and Ronnie^[27]

For children

• Sam Tân / Fireman Sam^[28][29]
• SuperTed^[28]
• Testament: Y Beibl Wedi'i Animeiddio / Testament: The Bible in Animation

English language only

Filming Torchwood in Cardiff bay

Drama

• Steeltown Murders^[30][31]
• A Discovery of Witches^[32]
• Torchwood^[33]
• Baker Boys^[34]
• First Degree^[35]
• Crash^[36]
• The Bench^[37]
• Belonging^[38]
• We Are Seven^[39]
• The District Nurse^[40][41]
• Off to Philadelphia in the Morning^[42]
• Telltale^[43]
• Mortimer's Law^[44][43]
• Nuts and Bolts^[43]
• Doctor Who (produced by BBC Wales since 2005)^[45][46]
• Casualty (produced by BBC Wales from 2012)^[43]
• Jack of Hearts^[47]
• Ennal's Point^[48]

Comedy

• Stella^[43]
• Barry Welsh Is Coming^[43]
• High Hopes^[49]
• Satellite City^[50]

Soap

• Taff Acre^[51]

Non-fiction

• The Dragon Has Two Tongues^[52]
• Scrum V^[53]
• Wales at Six^[54]
• Wales This Week^[55]
• Wild Wales^[56]
• Coal House^[57]
• BBC Wales Today^[58]

Notable series filmed in Wales

Drama

• Willow^[59]
• Sex Education^[60]
• Sherlock^[43]
• Merlin^[43]
• The Magnificent Evans^[43]
• Requiem^[43]
• Da Vinci's Demons^[43]
• Mine All Mine^[43]
• Will^[43]
• Born to Kill^[43]
• The Indian Doctor^[43]
• The Bastard Executioner^[43]
• Britannia^[43]
• Decline and Fall^[43]
• The Accident^[61]
• The Pembrokeshire Murders^[62]

Comedy

• Gavin & Stacey^[63]

Factual

• Welcome to Wrexham^[64]

See also

• Television in Wales
• List of Welsh films
• Cinema of Wales
• List of Welsh-language programmes

External links

• 50 of the greatest Welsh TV shows ever made
• The long forgotten Welsh TV shows you may have overlooked
• BBC Store celebrates St David’s Day with release of the Welsh Drama at the BBC collection

References

1. Live, North Wales (2011-02-05). "S4C's Alys is a dark drama". North Wales Live. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
2. Williamson, David (2008-04-21). "Row over love scene filmed at Senedd". WalesOnline. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
3. "Yr Amgueddfa - New Drama filmed at National Museum Cardiff". Museum Wales. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
4. "Press | S4C". www.s4c.cymru. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
5. Houghton, Tom (2016-01-21). "What's going to happen in the new series of S4C's school drama Gwaith/Cartref?". WalesOnline. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
6. "Hinterland and 35 Diwrnod: Step aside Scandi thrillers, here's Wales". The Independent. 2014-04-15. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
7. "Y Wasg | S4C". www.s4c.cymru. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
8. "Press | S4C". www.s4c.cymru. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
9. WalesOnline (2010-09-10). "S4C unveil Pen Talar – its nine-part 50-year family drama epic". WalesOnline. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
10. WalesOnline (2007-11-03). "Y Pris is right". WalesOnline. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
11. Bevan, Nathan (2021-11-06). "Welsh screen actor and C'mon Midffild star Mei Jones dies, aged 68". WalesOnline. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
12. Jones, Wendy (2014-11-03). "Win a romantic break inspired by new S4C series Cara Fi". North Wales Live. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
13. "One episode of Pobol y Cwm a week to be axed over Covid costs". Nation.Cymru. 2021-09-18. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
14. Moffitt, Dominic (2021-10-03). "The original cast of Rownd a Rownd and where they are now". North Wales Live. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
15. Jones, Hannah (2015-09-15). "Happy birthday Heno! Thanks for the memories... and the mullets". WalesOnline. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
16. "Press | S4C". www.s4c.cymru. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
17. "Iranian refugees in Wales are still 'suffering under the Tehran government's regime'".
18. Bissett, Daniel (2016-09-03). "Clwb Rygbi returns to the S4C Saturday night schedule". North Wales Live. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
19. "The new life of former Wales star and Sgorio presenter Malcolm Allen". Nation.Cymru. 2022-11-29. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
20. "Hinterland: an inside guide to the TV show's secret locations". VisitWales. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
21. "Press | S4C". www.s4c.cymru. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
22. "Netflix's new series Dal y Mellt/Rough Cut suggests a growing confidence in Welsh language productions". Nation.Cymru. 2023-04-08. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
23. "S4C commissions new psychological thriller The Light in The Hall / Y Golau | Channel 4". www.channel4.com. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
24. Davies, Laura (2021-10-02). "Welsh crime drama Craith returns to S4C for its final series". WalesOnline. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
25. "Review: Bang is back with a high body count - and some very timely subject matter". Nation.Cymru. 2020-02-25. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
26. "Cymru in 1999 | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
27. Price, Gareth (2018-01-12). Broadcasters of BBC Wales. Y Lolfa. ISBN 978-1-78461-535-2.
28. "S4C: Birthplace of SuperTed and Fireman Sam turns 40". BBC News. 2022-11-01. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
29. Wightwick, Abbie (2015-10-02). "Fireman Sam co-creator turns his hand to crime fiction". WalesOnline. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
30. "Steeltown Murders: Interviews with the cast of pioneering BBC drama". Nation.Cymru. 2023-05-15. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
31. "Film and TV". Creative | Wales. 2022-03-16. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
32. "A Discovery of Witches: A location guide". VisitWales. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
33. "'Torchwood won't abandon Welsh roots, says Russell T Davies". BBC News. 2011-06-21. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
34. WalesOnline (2011-01-22). "Creating the BBC's Baker Boys". WalesOnline. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
35. "BBC - Press Office - First Degree". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
36. "Crash test for the young doctors". 2009-09-08. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
37. "BBC - Press Office - The Bench series two". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
38. Owen, Cathy (2021-05-16). "Where are the cast of BBC drama Belonging now?". WalesOnline. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
39. "We Are Seven (1989)". BFI. Archived from the original on January 26, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
40. "BBC One - The District Nurse". BBC. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
41. Prince, David (2022-10-03). "The long-forgotten Welsh TV shows you may have overlooked". WalesOnline. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
42. "BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. 1978-09-26. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
43. Bevan, Nathan (2018-03-29). "These are the 50 greatest TV shows ever made in Wales". WalesOnline. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
44. "Mortimer's Law[13/02/98] (1998)". BFI. Archived from the original on November 13, 2017. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
45. "Doctor Who: How time and space was found in Wales". BBC News. 2013-11-23. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
46. Cook, Sam (2022-10-25). "Disney+ joins with BBC on future Welsh-made Doctor Who series". WalesOnline. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
47. "Dramatic tension". The Guardian. 1999-08-01. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
48. "BBC Store celebrates St David's Day with release of the Welsh Drama at the BBC collection". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
49. Williams, Kathryn (2015-03-19). "Fagin Hepplewhite and his gang is back for a special one-off episode". WalesOnline. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
50. Prince, David (2022-12-03). "What the stars of Welsh '90s sitcom Satellite City are up to now". WalesOnline. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
51. Williams, Kathryn (2016-01-19). "Do you remember the Welsh Corrie called Taff Acre?". WalesOnline. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
52. Shipton, Martin (2017-12-24). "Blogger faces £143k bill for putting Welsh history series on YouTube". WalesOnline. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
53. Orders, Mark (2022-11-28). "Scrum V pundit calls out 'faceless' WRU during live show". WalesOnline. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
54. "Wales at Six: Catch up with the latest programme here". itv.com.
55. "Wales This Week: Thinking Differently". itv.com.
56. "Welsh naturalist and presenter is coming to Wrexham's Ty Pawb". The Leader. 2022-11-23. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
57. "Great Turnout for BBC Coalhouse Hunger March Concert : Hirwaun Online". 2011-10-08. Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
58. "Go behind the scenes at BBC Wales Today". BBC News. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
59. "The Welsh destinations starring in the new Willow Disney+ series". VisitWales. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
60. "Sex Education filming locations in Wales". VisitWales. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
61. Williams, Kathryn (2019-10-24). "The locations in Wales where Channel 4's The Accident was filmed". WalesOnline. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
62. "Where was The Pembrokeshire Murders filmed?". The Independent. 2021-01-13. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
63. "Gavin and Stacey filming locations". VisitWales. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
64. Stafford, Paul. "Welcome to Wrexham: Wales' 'it' city". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 2023-05-21.