Nia Parry turns estate-agent-inquisitor in this Welsh-language series, spending two days in each star’s house and emerging with the stories behind the soft furnishings. The crew arrives first thing, filming every bookshelf, spice rack and inherited dresser before Parry sits the owner down to explain why the place looks the way it does and what it cost them emotionally, if not financially.
Launch night on 16 August 2017 opened with folk legend Dafydd Iwan; subsequent visitors have included broadcaster Roy Noble, historian Angharad Llwyd and singer Sian James. Each half-hour episode sticks to the same quiet formula: a slow pan across a kitchen, a question about a photograph, an unforced confession about family or ambition. The result feels like flipping through someone else’s photo album while they hover, supplying the captions.
Five regular series and two specials have rolled out on S4C and iPlayer, totalling 41 episodes. Boom Cymru produces, with Ffion Jones on the ground and Beca Evans steering as executive producer. No format tweaks, no live audiences, no renovation budget, just the steady appeal of seeing how Welsh public figures arrange their books and, by extension, their lives.
Production Details
S4C BBC iPlayer / 5 Seasons / 41 Episodes / 2017
Producer(s): Ffion Jones
Main Cast
