Past Project

Pobol Y Cwm

BBC Wales
presents

Executive Producer:
Dafydd Llewelyn

Director:
Gwion Tegid

Writer:
Gareth Owen

Cast:
Mark Stuart Roberts (Matthew Price), Bethan Dwyfor (Melfa ), & Jack Quick (Rhys Llywelyn)

Summary:
The Welsh language soap opera Pobol y Cwm, undertook a bold storyline focusing on character Mathew Price (played by Mark Stuart Roberts) who, prompted by the unexpected return of his mother, makes a return to a childhood family home which triggered memories he had long suppressed.

Viewers saw Matthew begin to remember and repressed traumatic memories of childhood sexual abuse inflicted by his grandfather come to the surface.

Writers, Director and producers worked with Duncan Craig OBE to develop this heavy storyline to be as true to real survivors experiences as possible; whilst work with actor Mark Roberts focused on nuances of a male survivors experience ‘remembering’ in this way and the psychological impact on all around.