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Ed Thomas (born 1961, Abercraf, Powys, Wales) is a Welsh playwright, director, and producer known for his contributions to both stage and screen.
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Ed Thomas (born 1961, Abercraf, Powys, Wales) is a Welsh playwright, director, and producer known for his contributions to both stage and screen.
He studied English at Cardiff University, before venturing into London's theatre scene. Thomas later returned to Wales and became a founding member and artistic director of Y Cwmni Cyf Theatre in Cardiff. In 1993, he received the prestigious BBC Writer of the Year Award. [1] His plays, which challenge traditional notions of Welshness, are characterised by themes of longing and frustration. Notable works such as House of America, Flowers of the Dead Red Sea, and East From the Gantry have been published by Seren Drama (1994).
As a playwright, director, and producer, Ed Thomas' work has reached audiences in over 100 countries [2] and translated into more than 10 languages. [2] His play House of America (1988) won the Time Out award [3] for the best new play in London and was adapted into a feature film in 1996, earning multiple accolades (5x BAFTA Cymru Nominations, 4x Wins) (2x Stockholm Film Festival Nominations, 2x Wins).
Thomas' work has been showcased at The Royal Court London, Donmar Warehouse, Tramway Glasgow, Lyceum Edinburgh, Sherman Theater as well as Chapter Art Center Cardiff. His work has also been used internationally, with productions in Barcelona, Bremen, Berlin, Copenhagen, Greece and Montreal.
Ed Thomas is the founding member and Creative Director of the Cardiff-based film and TV independent production company Fiction Factory. Since 1995, he has written, directed and produced over 200 hours of popular and innovative programs across various genres that garnered over 80 nominations [2] and awards including BAFTA, New York Film and TV Festival and the Golden Nymph Monte Carlo. His work can be seen on BBC, ITV and S4C. His credits include Satellite City, Fallen Sons, Silent Village, China, Cwmgiedd/Colombia, and the detective series Mind to Kill.
Thomas has made significant contributions to television and film, including the documentary A Silent Village: Pentre Mud and the film Fallen Sons, both of which received Celtic Film Festival Awards in 1994. The popular comedy series Satellite City and the film Rancid Aluminium, based on James Hawes' novel, was also directed by Thomas.
Thomas was a co-creator on the Welsh noir detective series Hinterland/Y Gwyll, a critically acclaimed show that has been compared to True Detective. The series has garnered international recognition and has been broadcast in Denmark and Norway.
Ed Thomas' new show, Tree on a Hill/Pren ar y Bryn, is a mischievous dark comedy drama that explores the theme of change in the wilds of a Penwyllt. The series follows the story of Margaret and Clive, a decent, ordinary couple who find themselves at the centre of a mystery and on the wrong side of the law, while watching the town they once loved disappear before their eyes. Shot back to back in English and Welsh, the series is a Fiction Factory co-production with S4C, BBC Wales, and All3Media International, with support from Tinopolis and the Welsh Government via Creative Wales.
Ieuan Rhys is a Welsh actor. His television work has included thirteen years in the BBC Cymru soap opera Pobol y Cwm, Seargent Tom Swann in the last series of A Mind to Kill and six series of the Welsh-language version of Mr & Mrs – Sion a Sian for HTV. For the last four series he portrayed Eurig Bell, the "not to be messed with" Deputy Headmaster in S4C's Gwaith/Cartref.
Siw Hughes is a Welsh actress. She is best known for her role as Kath Jones in the long-running S4C soap opera, Pobol y Cwm, from 1993 to 2007, 2014 and 2017 onwards.
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Pen Talar is a drama series on S4C. The series tells the story of two families from west Wales over a period of half a century, starting in the 1950s and continuing until the present day. The main character, played by Richard Harrington, appears from the third episode onwards, as the previous episodes deal with the life of his character as a child. A substantial proportion of the film was filmed in Cil-y-Cwm, Carmarthenshire although filming also took place in Aberystwyth and Cardiff. The series was produced by Fiction Factory Films. The series was produced by Gethin Scourfield and directed by Gareth Bryn and Ed Thomas.
Gwaith/Cartref is a Welsh language television series that in set in the comprehensive school of Bro Taf, broadcast on S4C. The show was set in the Welsh valley Rhondda Cynon Taf from series one until the end of series five, and Rhymney Valley from the beginning of series six until the end of the show in series nine. The first episode was broadcast on S4C on 18 September 2011 and the final episode on 12 April 2018. Gwaith/Cartref ran for 90 episodes and almost 7 years. In 2019, the first three series were made available on S4C Clic.
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Hidden is a Welsh television drama serial, created by Mark Andrew and Ed Talfan. It was initially broadcast in Welsh on the Welsh-language channel S4C under its Welsh name Craith. The bilingual version of the series, under the English name Hidden, was broadcast on BBC One Wales and BBC Four. The Welsh-language versions of the first two series aired on S4C in 2018 and 2019, respectively, with the third and final series beginning on 10 October 2021. The English-language version of the third and final series aired in April 2022.
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