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Hinterland (2013)

Hinterland poster
Original title
Y Gwyll
Genre
drama television series, mystery television series, detective television series
Country
Wales
Length
3 seasons, 24 episodes
Rated
TV-PG
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 104 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The show follows a police detective who investigates murders in a small town in Wales. It is a crime drama with a focus on the character and the moody rural setting.

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What happens

Hinterland, known as Y Gwyll (Welsh for 'the dusk') in the original Welsh language version, is a Welsh language noir police procedural series broadcast on S4C in Welsh from 29 October 2013. The main character, DCI Tom Mathias, is played by Richard Harrington. On 27 November 2013, a second series was announced by S4C. The English-language version, with brief passages of Welsh dialogue, aired on BBC One Wales. When it was shown on the BBC in 2014, it was the first BBC television drama with dialogue in both English and Welsh. A third series of the show began filming in January 2016 and debuted on S4C on 30 October. The programme is set in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales, and the three series were filmed in and around the town, often in rural locations. The critical reaction to Hinterland was favourable. Wales Arts Review wrote: "Y Gwyll has been shot with real intelligence; simple, subtle and with both eyes focused on the feeding of the atmospheric cloud over the piece." Hinterland was subsequently shown in 150 countries. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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