Mudtown

Mudtown (Ar y Ffin) is a 2024 six-part British crime drama television series set in Wales and broadcast in Welsh on S4C and set to be broadcast in English on U&Alibi, having been filmed back-to-back in both English and Welsh.

Mudtown
Created by	Crime drama
Screenplay by	Hannah Daniel Georgia Lee
Directed by	Rhys Carter Chris Forster
Starring	Erin Richards Tom Cullen
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original languages	English Welsh
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producer	Ed Talfan
Producer	Hannah Thomas
Production company	Severn Screen
Original release
Network	U&Alibi S4C

Premise

A magistrate working in Newport, Wales uncovers criminal activity that may be a risk to herself and her family.^[1]

Cast

• Erin Richards as Clare Lewis
• Tom Cullen as Saint Pete
• 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

Production

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.^[2] The series was filmed back-to-back in both English and Welsh.^[3] 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.^[4]

The cast is led by Erin Richards and Tom Cullen, with a cast including Kimberley Nixon, Lauren Morais and Matthew Gravelle.^[5]

Broadcast

The series was first broadcast in Welsh on S4C in December 2024, with the English-language version expected on U&Alibi on 20 August 2025.^[3]