Mudtown

Mudtown is a 2024 six-part British crime drama television series set in Wales and broadcast in Welsh on S4C and broadcast in English on U&Alibi, having been filmed back-to-back in both English and Welsh.

Premise

A magistrate working in Newport, Wales uncovers criminal activity that may be a risk to herself and her family.

Cast

Erin Richards as Clare Lewis
Tom Cullen as Saint Pete
Lauren Morais as Beca Lewis Jones
Matthew Gravelle as Alun Lewis Jones
Lloyd Meredith as Sonny Higgins
Kimberley Nixon as Sara Humphries
Sion Pritchard as Davey Johns
Ifan Huw Dafydd as Owen Williams
Production

The six-part series was commissioned by UKTV in April 2024, and is a co-commission with S4C and All3Media International. It is written by Hannah Daniel and magistrate Georgia Lee. The series is produced by Severn Screen with Ed Talfan as executive producer and Hannah Thomas series producer. It is directed by Rhys Carter and Chris Forster. The series was filmed back-to-back in both English and Welsh. Filming took place in Newport, Wales with Thomas saying the aim was to make the series feel "urban and authentic" and to show "Newport in a really unexpected light". The writers Lee and Daniel spent research time in the public gallery of Newport magistrates court.
The cast is led by Erin Richards, Lauren Morais and Tom Cullen, and also includes Kimberley Nixon and Matthew Gravelle.

Broadcast

The series was first broadcast in Welsh on S4C in December 2024, with the English-language version on U&Alibi on 20 August 2025.

Accolades

The series was nominated for Best Drama and Best Director at the BAFTA Cymru Awards in 2025.