Port Talbot steelworks hum in the background while Jacob Ifan's Sam Jenkins, a warehouse wallflower, fishes a pistol from a canal and begins a clumsy descent into crime. His older sister, Catrin Stewart's dogged PC Gina Jenkins, is assigned to trace the weapon, unaware it sits under her brother’s bed. Each episode switches between Welsh and English as casually as locals change pubs, reflecting the town’s split tongue.
The first eight-part run, launched on S4C in September 2017, braids two timelines: Sam’s jittery misdemeanours and a cold-case review of their father’s gangland murder two decades earlier. Jack Parry-Jones’s loyal partner Luke Lloyd and Suzanne Packer’s pragmatic Chief Inspector Davies anchor the police plot, while family kitchen scenes crackle with secrets that bilingual subtitles can’t fully translate.
A second series arrived in February 2020, widening the canvas to six episodes and introducing David Hayman’s avuncular crime boss Jeff Campbell, whose redevelopment schemes mask older scores. Dyfan Dwyfor’s DI Morgan Riley steps in as Gina’s superior, pushing her closer to the truth she dreads. Creator Roger Williams keeps the thriller local, filming inside abandoned factories and terraced streets rather than Cardiff soundstages, letting the town’s rain-slicked colours do the mood work.
Production Details
S4C / 2 Seasons / 14 Episodes / 2017
Created by: Roger Williams
Showrunner(s): Roger Williams, Gub Neal, Patrick Irwin
Writer(s): Roger Williams
Producer(s): Catrin Lewis Defis
Cinematography: Mark Milsome
Music: Greg Fleming
Main Cast
Catrin Stewart as PC Gina Jenkins
Jacob Ifan as Sam Jenkins
Jack Parry-Jones as PC Luke Lloyd
Suzanne Packer as Chief Inspector Layla Davies
Nia Roberts as Linda Jenkins
Gareth Jewell as DCI Carl Roberts
Chris Reilly as Ray Murray
Sara Lloyd as Patricia Rose
Dyfan Dwyfor as DI Morgan Riley
Hedydd Dylan as Caryn Riley
David Hayman as Jeff Campbell
Tim Preston as Harri Schofield
