| Baker Boys | |
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| Starring | |
| Composer | Adam Lewis |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Production | |
| Running time | Approx. 60 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One Wales |
| Release | 23 January – 8 December 2011 |
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Baker Boys is a television drama series produced by BBC Wales and broadcast on BBC One Wales. The series was written by Helen Raynor and Gary Owen. Torchwood creator Russell T Davies also had a role as creative consultant, which he fulfilled from Los Angeles.[1] The first episode of the series was broadcast on 23 January 2011.[2]
The programme follows the workers of Valley Bara bakery which is the economic centre of Trefynydd, a small fictional village in South Wales. Generations of people had earned a living and formed a life at the bakery but this is thrown into jeopardy when recession bites and the bakery workers find themselves unemployed overnight. Writer Helen Raynor describes it as "a blue collar drama", explaining "we wanted to tell the story of a community, with a workplace at the centre of it, who suddenly fall on hard times".[1] The show is filmed and set in Trethomas (a village in Caerphilly), Bedwas (a village in Caerphilly) and Caerphilly.