Netflix to show first Welsh language drama

Netflix is set to offer its first Welsh language drama.

The streaming giant said it hoped it could play a role in helping to “promote and preserve the Welsh language”.

It has bought the licence for S4C’s Dal y Mellt, a gritty crime thriller which will air from April 2023, and will feature English subtitles.

Set in Cardiff, Soho, Porthmadog and Holyhead, it follows a group of misfits as they come together to pull off a heist.

S4C chief executive Sian Doyle called the sale “great news” and said it will lead the platform’s ambition to showcase Welsh talent worldwide.

Dal y Mellt – which translates as Catch The Lightning – was released as a box set in October last year on S4C and BBC iPlayer, and is an adaptation of Iwan ‘Iwcs’ Roberts’ debut novel.