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    1 9 8 1 (UK)
    26 x 30 minute episodes

    Billed as the Welsh answer to Coronation Street and debuting on 24 September 1981, this 26-part soap from HTV told tales of the everyday lives and loves of the residents of the (fictional) South Wales mining village of Taff Acre – population 6,000.

    The majority of episodes revolved around the turbulent Johnson family headed by father Max (former Please Sir! star Richard Davies), who was unemployed and finding it hard to get used to the fact that his wife, Beth (Rhoda Lewis), was now the breadwinner. Their son Gareth (Dewi Morris) was a PE teacher with a pushy wife, Cilla (Beth Morris).

    Daughter Sian (Sue Jones-Davis) lived at home but worked as a nurse in Cardiff, where she led a double life.

    Their youngest son Wayne (Steve Davis), was a problem boy with the added distinction of having been made redundant at 17.

    Episodes aired on Wednesdays and Fridays at 6.30 pm on HTV Wales and Thursdays and Fridays at 1.30 pm on ITV throughout the rest of Britain.

    Actor Michael Povey devised the series – recorded on OB tape at Llantrisant near Cardiff – and wrote 16 of the episodes. Seven episodes were written by Herbert Williams, with series producer Alan Clayton contributing three. The director was Sian Humphreys.

    Max Johnson
    Richard Davies
    Beth Johnson
    Rhoda Lewis
    Sian Johnson
    Sue Jones-Davies
    Gareth Johnson
    Dewi Morris
    Cilla Johnson
    Beth Morris
    Wayne Johnson
    Steve Davis
    Jan Evans
    Myfanwy Talog
    Harry Mainwaring
    Ioan Meredith
    Danny Evans
    Robert Blythe
    Dilys Mainwaring
    Christine Pritchard
    Linda Beck
    Eluned Jones
    Marilyn Beck
    Louise Jervis
    Judy Morris
    Sian Smith
    Johnny Owen
    Dafydd Hywel
    Yvonne Jenkins
    Gillian Elisa

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