Y Pris

Y Pris
GenreCrime drama
Created byTim Price
Written by
  • Heledd Hardy
  • Sharon Morgan
Directed by
  • Gareth Bryn
  • Ed Talfan
Starring
Opening theme"Y Pris" – Rob Love of Alabama 3
ComposersHugh Fowler
John E.R. Hardy
Country of originWales
Original languageWelsh
No. of series2
No. of episodes21 (list of episodes)
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Production
Executive producers
  • Ed Thomas
  • Angharad Jones
ProducerFizzy Oppè
Cinematography
  • Peter Thornton
  • Huw Walters
  • Steve Lawes
Editors
  • Wendi Rowlands
  • Jane Murrell
Running time45 minutes
Production companyFiction Factory
Original release
NetworkS4C
Release31 October 2007 (2007-10-31) –
21 May 2009 (2009-05-21)
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Y Pris (English: The Price) is a Welsh television crime drama, produced by Fiction Factory for Welsh public service television station S4C. The series, described in its tagline as "The Sopranos by the seaside",[1] is set in Carmarthenshire and follows the "tangled lives of a group of gangsters who hide their illicit dealings". The series was written and created by Tim Price.[1][2][3]

The first series comprises thirteen episodes. It was filmed in March and April 2007. The second series, comprising eight episodes, was commissioned by S4C in 2008[1] and filmed later the same year[2][4] for broadcast in 2009. The series is, together with Caerdydd, Cowbois ac Injans, and Con Passionate, part of S4C's drama editor Angharad Jones' drive to reach a younger audience for the station.[5] The series' theme was written and recorded by Alabama 3 lead singer Rob Love. All twenty-one episodes are available to stream on S4C's website.[6] All episodes are fully subtitled in both Welsh and English. Episodes from the second series also carry audio description.[7][8]

  1. ^ a b c Gary Marsh (29 November 2007). "TV writer Tim Price is becoming a big deal". Liverpool Daily Post/Pontypridd Observer. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
  2. ^ a b Claire Hill (3 November 2007). "Y Pris is right". ICWales. Retrieved 10 May 2008.
  3. ^ "Tim Price at David Higham". Retrieved 9 April 2008.
  4. ^ "Tinopolis Annual Report and Accounts 2007" (PDF). Tinopolis. 2008. p. 6. Retrieved 23 May 2008.
  5. ^ Anwen Mair Robert (16 April 2008). "S4C Review of Statement of Programme Policy 2007" (PDF). S4C. p. 3. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
  6. ^ "Y Pris News". 21 October 2007. Retrieved 10 May 2008.
  7. ^ Eryl Crump (12 February 2008). "Campaign to push audio description on TV". Liverpool Daily Post. Retrieved 10 May 2008.
  8. ^ "S4C launches Audio Description awareness campaign". S4C. 12 February 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2008.