How Green Was My Valley (1960 TV series)

How Green Was My Valley
Genre	Historical drama
Based on	How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn
Written by	Barry Thomas
Directed by	Dafydd Gruffydd
Starring	Eynon Evans Rachel Thomas Glyn Houston
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Producer	Dafydd Gruffydd
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	BBC
Original release
Network	BBC Television
Release	1 January (1960-01-01) – 19 February 1960 (1960-02-19)

How Green Was My Valley is a British historical television drama series which was originally broadcast by the BBC in eight parts during 1960. ^[1] It is an adaptation of the 1939 novel How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn, set in a Welsh coal-mining community.

Cast

• Eynon Evans as Gwilym Morgan Sr. (8 episodes)
• Rachel Thomas as Beth Morgan (8 episodes)
• Glyn Houston as Davy Morgan (7 episodes)
• William Squire as Rev. Merddyn Gruffydd (7 episodes)
• Sulwen Morgan as Angharad Morgan (6 episodes)
• Margaret John as Bronwen Morgan (5 episodes)
• Henley Thomas as Huw Morgan (4 episodes)
• Islwyn Evans as Huw Morgan (4 episodes)
• Anita Morgan as Ceinwen Phillips (4 episodes)
• Michael Forrest as Dai Bando (4 episodes)
• Hugh David as Owen Morgan (3 episodes)
• Emrys James as Gwilym Morgan Jr. (3 episodes)
• David Lyn as Ivor Morgan (3 episodes)

References

1. Baskin p.47

Bibliography

• Ellen Baskin. Serials on British Television, 1950-1994. Scolar Press, 1996.

External links

• How Green Was My Valley at IMDb