Pobol y Cwm (People of the Valley) is a Welsh language television soap opera produced by the BBC since October 1974. It is the longest-running television soap opera produced by the BBC, transmitted on BBC Wales television between 1974 and 1982 and then transferred to the Welsh language television station S4C when it opened in that year.

Five episodes are produced every week, with an omnibus edition shown on Sundays.

Pobol y Cwm is set in the fictional village of Cwmderi, supposedly located somewhere in south west Wales roughly between Llanelli and Carmarthen, though little effort is made to ensure that all the cast speak with Carmarthenshire accents. Most of the village activity centres on the pub, the Deri Arms.

While most of the cast are unknown to the English-speaking world, Ioan Gruffudd – who later starred in Poldark, Titanic, Hornblower, 102 Dalmatians and Black Hawk Down – played the part of Gareth Wyn Harries between 1987 and 1994.

External links

Official website (http://www.bbc.co.uk/pobolycwm)