Rough Cut (TV series)

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Rough Cut (Welsh: Dal y Mellt: translates as "Catch the Lightning") is a Welsh language contemporary thriller series.

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About

Dal y Mellt is a six-part series made by Vox Pictures and originally shown on S4C. [1]

The series is based on the contemporary thriller novel written by Iwan ‘Iwcs’ Roberts, from Trawsfynydd and is set in Meirionydd, Cardiff and Soho in London. [1] The novelist Iwan Roberts also wrote the script and co-produced the drama alongside Llŷr Morus and Huw Chiswell. [2]

The series director, Huw Chiswell says that filming was a challenge where 6 six hours had to be finished in 50 days. [3]

A second series of the show would return to S4C in 2024. [4]

Netflix

Abacus Media Rights sold the crime drama to Netflix which is set to be the first ever Welsh language-only drama licensed on Netflix, streaming in the UK from April 2023. [5]

Benjamin King of Netflix said that has said that the content that is made in Wales and about Wales "travels extremely well" to worldwide audiences. [6]

CEO of S4C, Sian Doyle said that "To sell a Welsh-language-only series to a major global streamer like Netflix sets out our ambition to take Welsh talent and language to the world and creates further exciting opportunities for S4C." [7]

Netflix says they could play a role in helping to "promote and preserve the Welsh language". COBA executive Adam Minns said that "We've gone from a situation where there was literally one shown being made in Wales 15 years ago to Cardiff being one of the biggest production centres in the UK at the moment." [8]

The director of the series said that subtitles are becoming "second nature" in TV and film which could lead the way for other minority language productions. [3]

A policy advocate for the Welsh Tourism Alliance says that the series could be beneficial to the tourism industry in Wales. [3]

The series was renamed for its Netflix streaming as Rough Cut. [9]

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  2. ↑ Ramachandran, Naman (2023-01-19). "Netflix Snaps Up S4C Welsh-Language Drama 'Rough Cut' – Global Bulletin". Variety. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
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  5. ↑ "Press | S4C". www.s4c.cymru. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
  6. ↑ "'Dal y Mellt': Netflix announces the release of first ever Welsh crime thriller series". The Economic Times. 2023-01-20. ISSN   0013-0389 . Retrieved 2023-02-28.
  7. ↑ McGeorge, Alistair (2023-01-20). "Netflix to launch first ever Welsh series as streamer reveals big plans". Metro. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
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  9. ↑ Jones, Branwen (2023-04-06). "Locations where Netflix's Welsh language series Rough Cut was filmed". WalesOnline. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Dal Y Mellt (TV Series 2022– ) - IMDb , retrieved 2023-02-28
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