Mudtown
2024 British-Welsh crime drama TV series
Mudtown (Ar y Ffin) is a 2024 six-part British crime drama television series set in Wales and broadcast in Welsh on S4C and broadcast in English on U&Alibi, having been filmed back-to-back in both English and Welsh.
01Premise
A magistrate working in Newport, Wales, uncovers criminal activity that may be a risk to herself and her family.
02Cast
- Erin Richards as Clare Lewis Jones
- Tom Cullen as Peter 'Saint Pete' Burton
- Lauren Morais as Beca Lewis Jones
- Matthew Gravelle as Alun Lewis Jones
- Lloyd Meredith as Sonny Higgins
- Kimberley Nixon as Sara Humphries
- Sion Pritchard as Davey Johns
- Ifan Huw Dafydd as Owen Williams
03Production
The six-part series was commissioned by UKTV in April 2024, and is a co-commission with S4C and All3Media International. It is written by Hannah Daniel and magistrate Georgia Lee. The series is produced by Severn Screen with Ed Talfan as executive producer and Hannah Thomas series producer. It is directed by Rhys Carter and Chris Forster. The series was filmed back-to-back in both English and Welsh. Filming took place in Newport, Wales with Thomas saying the aim was to make the series feel "urban and authentic" and to show "Newport in a really unexpected light". The writers Lee and Daniel spent research time in the public gallery of Newport magistrates court.
The cast is led by Erin Richards, Lauren Morais and Tom Cullen, and also includes Kimberley Nixon and Matthew Gravelle.
04Broadcast
05Accolades
The series was nominated for Best Drama and Best Director at the BAFTA Cymru Awards in 2025.
Sources and credits
This article is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Mudtown”, written by its contributors and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Fathomly has changed the layout, removed citation markers, navigation and maintenance notices, and adjusted punctuation. This adapted version is shared under the same license. For references, see the original article.
Fathomly is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Wikimedia Foundation. Spotted a problem? Tell us.