How Green Was My Valley (1975)
Drama
Overview
How Green Was My Valley is a six-part television miniseries adapted by Elaine Morgan, based on Richard Llewellyn's eponymous 1939 novel. The serial is produced by the BBC and 20th Century Fox Television for BBC Two—the latter's involvement is due to their ownership of the rights to the novel and its subsequent Oscar-winning 1941 film. Huw Morgan, the academically inclined youngest son in a proud family of Welsh coal miners, witnesses the tumultuous events of his young life during a period of rapid social change. At the dawn of the 20th-century, a miners' strike divides the Morgans: the sons demand improvements, and the father doesn't want to rock the boat.
Cast
- Stanley Baker as Gwilym Morgan
- Siân Phillips as Beth Morgan
- Nerys Hughes as Bronwen Morgan
- Sue Jones-Davies as Angharad Morgan
- Keith Drinkel as Ianto Morgan
- Mike Gwilym as Owen Morgan
- Gareth Thomas as Reverend Merddyn Gruffydd
- Ray Smith as Dai Bando
- John Clive as Cyfartha Lewis