A NEW drama series is to air on S4C this weekend, with parts of it having been set in Gwynedd and Anglesey.

“Dal y Mellt” (“Rough Cut”), will be released as a box set on S4C Clic and BBC iPlayer on October 2, while the drama will also air weekly at 9pm from the same date.

An adaptation of the novel of the same name, the series starts out on the dark back streets of Cardiff.

It then moves back and forth between the Welsh capital, Soho, Porthmadog and surrounding areas and Holyhead across its six episodes.

Its author – who also adapted the script and co-produced - actor and performer Iwan “Iwcs” Roberts said: "People have compared the series to Peaky Blinders or Guy Ritchie's work, but I don't think it's like anything you've seen before.

"It's like lightning. It's fierce, witty and gripping."

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Director Huw Chiswell and producer Llŷr Morus have kept true to the novel - including the charismatic dialect full of Welsh idioms and colourful language.

While following several characters through some surreal situations, it becomes clear that there is one powerful and unknown force bringing the motley crew together - the big question is, what?

"I don't think anything similar has been on S4C" said Gwïon Morris Jones, a young actor from Anglesey who plays lead role, Carbo.

"The way it's been produced is more like a Hollywood movie. When did you last see someone hanging upside down from a crane on S4C?

"As well as stunts, there's gangs, theft and fast cars!”

Not only did Gwïon take on the challenge of a main part, having "just graduated from the Central School of Speech and Drama" in London, he performed his own stunts, too.

He added: "I'm a bit of a thrill-seeker. In my free time I enjoy bouldering, which is climbing without ropes, as well as mountaineering.

"I had a stunt double, Alex, and one morning he was hanging from a big crane.

"I thought: 'I can do that', so I went ahead and gave it a go.

"If I had to deliver lines pretending to be upside down, I wanted to be hanging upside down so I could do it properly."

Meanwhile, Mark Lewis Jones plays Mici Ffin and Graham Land plays Les, with Siw Hughes playing his mother, Meri-Jên.

Dyfan Roberts returns to the screen to play Gronw, with Lois Meleri-Jones playing his daughter, Antonia, and Owen Arwyn as his son, Dafydd Aldo.

Ali Yassine portrays Cidw.

According to Mark Lewis Jones, who plays the owner of a garage and a lovable rogue, the characters are the heart of the drama and bring equal amounts of love and hate.

"Beneath the story that runs through the six episodes is the most important thing; the relationships between the characters and their background" said Mark.

"Everyone has a backstory. It makes the scenes a lot more interesting because they're not just about the plot.

"On the surface, little things may seem trivial, but they're actually crucial to finding out what's going on between the characters and how they are linked.

"The characters really resonate as people you would come across in a Welsh town."