How Green Was My Valley

6.5
197550m

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.

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Seasons

6 Episodes • Premiered 1975

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.

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1. Hilltop Walk

A crippled Huw, youngest son of patriarch Gwilym Morgan, is told that he will one day walk, while his eldest brother battles for a union in the mines, to their father's chagrin.

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2. New Arrivals

Huw is bullied on his first day of school; Ianto receives surprising help from the Reverend, concerning the creation of a work union at the mines.

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3. Huw's Training

The mine owner's son Iestyn Evans courts Angharad to the chagrin of Ifor. Meanwhile, Dai Bando teaches Huw how to fight his bullies; however, standing up for himself only gets Huw punished by pompous teacher Mr Jonas.

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4. Angharad Arrives

Angharad is engaged to Iestyn Evans, so Bronwen consults Reverend Gruffydd's help to intercede.

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5. Night Time Story

Celebrations abound after Ifor and his choir return from singing for Queen Victoria; Ceinwen Lloyd takes Huw for a moonlit stroll on the mountainside; Angharad's marriage to Iestyn begins to crumble.

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6. Bronwen Grieves

As Bronwen mourns Ifor, who dies in the mines as he shows Huw the ropes, Owen and Blodwen's romance blossoms; meanwhile, Huw attempts to reconnect with Angharad, who refuses to visit her family.

Cast

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Stanley Baker

Gwilym Morgan

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Siân Phillips

Beth Morgan

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Nerys Hughes

Bronwen Morgan

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Sue Jones-Davies

Angharad Morgan

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Keith Drinkel

Ianto Morgan

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Mike Gwilym

Owen Morgan

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Gareth Thomas

Reverend Merddyn Gruffydd

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Ray Smith

Dai Bando

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John Clive

Cyfartha Lewis

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