Lost Boys and Fairies

Lost Boys and Fairies is a 2024 television miniseries, created by Daf James.^[1] It is produced and distributed by the BBC.^[2]

Lost Boys and Fairies
Gabriel (Siôn Daniel Young) and Andy (Fra Fee) in the first episode
Genre	Drama
Created by	Daf James
Directed by	James Kent
Starring	Siôn Daniel Young Fra Fee Leo Harris Elizabeth Berrington Sharon D. Clarke Maria Doyle Kennedy William Thomas Arwel Gruffydd [cy]
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original languages	English Welsh
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	3
Production
Producer	Adam Knopf
Cinematography	Philipp Haberlandt
Production company	Duck Soup Films
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	3 June (2024-06-03) – 17 June 2024 (2024-06-17)

Plot

In Wales, Gabriel and Andy are a gay couple who have been together for eight years and are eager to adopt a child. They begin the process of adoption with the assistance of their social worker, Jackie. Andy is excited about the prospect of becoming a father, while his partner Gabriel, a drag queen, is hesitant, not only due to his past issues with drug addiction but also because of his unhappy childhood, which was marked by his mother's death and his father's homophobia. Although the couple initially wanted to adopt a girl, they meet and begin to grow fond of Jake, a child placed in foster care after being removed from his violent father.

Cast

• Siôn Daniel Young as Gabriel
• Fra Fee as Andy
• Leo Harris as Jake
• Elizabeth Berrington as Jackie
• Sharon D. Clarke as Claire
• Maria Doyle Kennedy as Sandra
• William Thomas as Emrys
• Arwel Gruffydd as Berwyn/Fanny Emple
• Shaheen Jafargholi as Celyn

Production

The series was announced by the BBC in 2022.^[3] The show was also specified to be filmed and set in Wales in the same press release. It was produced by Leeds/Cardiff based production company Duck Soup Films.^[4]

Reception

Lost Boys and Fairies opened to generally positive reviews. Rebecca Nicholson from The Guardian rated the show four out of five stars, praising its "huge heart and a clear eye on melodrama" and the show having "a lot of focus on language, and here, this is cerebral, emotional and genuinely fascinating".^[2] The series has also won the Seriencamp Official Competition Award.^[5]