S4C & BBC Wales Co-Commission New Drama

Production begins this month on Keeping Faith (Un Bore Mercher), a noir thriller set in Carmarthenshire jointly commissioned by S4C and BBC Wales.

The eight-part series stars Eve Myles (Torchwood, Broadchurch, Victoria) as Faith, a lawyer, wife and mother who is fighting to find out the truth behind the sudden disappearance of her husband. The drama will premiere this fall as Un Bore Mercher on S4C, followed by an English-language version called Keeping Faith on BBC One Wales early next year.

Co-written by Matthew Hall (Kavanagh QC) and Anwen Huws (Gwaith Cartref, Pobol y Cwm), the series will be filmed on location in the Vale of Glamorgan, Carmarthenshire and around Laugharne, with studio scenes recorded in Bridgend.

Gwawr Martha Lloyd, S4C’s drama content commissioner, said: “We’re very excited about this new and original series that will be premiering on S4C this autumn. With a stellar cast and a completely compelling story, plot and setting, we’re hoping the audience will grow to love the world and the characters of Un Bore Mercher as much as we in S4C have as we worked to develop the series. The series intends to take the viewer on a thrilling, emotional and warm journey which will pull at the heartstrings but will also make them smile along the way.”

Nick Andrews, the head of commissioning at BBC Wales, said: “This is fantastic news, to have a genuine home-grown drama, produced by world-class talent at the top of their game. I can’t wait to see what the team will do.”