Summaries

Sitcom set and made in Wales. Fagin, a budding Welsh "entrepreneur" with a dodgy past, takes in two tear-aways as apprentices. The series follows their daily lives, relationships and workings in the Welsh valleys. Fagin's mum, with whom they all live, is the matriarch who keeps the boys in tow.—oshiicasting

Richard "Fagin" Hepplewhite (Robert Blythe) is an agoraphobic ex-criminal who runs a business from his home in the Welsh valleys, after serving at Strangeways prison. He lives with his Mam, and two teenage tearaways called Charlie and Hoffman (Steve Meo and Ben Evans). Every week, they enter many scrapes, like stealing Tom Jones' first dickie-bow to finding a famous Welsh painting called Dafydd Ar y Twmp...—Anonymous

Details

Keywords
  • song in title
  • title based on song
  • laugh track
  • welsh valleys
  • strangeways prison
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Crime
Release date Oct 1, 2002
Countries of origin United Kingdom
Official sites BBC
Language English
Filming locations Nythbran Stores, Nythbran Terrace, Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales, UK
Production companies British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

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Tech specs

Runtime 30m
Color Color
Aspect ratio

Synopsis

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