C'mon Midffîld!

C'mon Midffîld! is one of the most successful Welsh television comedy series ever broadcast on S4C. Created by Mei Jones and Alun Ffred Jones, the show started life on BBC Radio Cymru in 1982 followed by three series before being adapted for the screen by Ffilmiau'r Nant in 1988.

C'mon Midffild
Opening credits
GenreSitcom
Created byMei Jones
Alun Ffred Jones
StarringJohn Pierce Jones
Mei Jones
Llion Williams
Bryn Fôn
Siân Wheldon
Gwenno Hodgkins
Country of originWales
No. of series5
No. of episodes31 (+2 specials)
Production
Running time3090 minutes (inc. adverts)
Release
Original networkS4C
Picture format576i (4:3 SDTV)
Original releaseOriginal Run
18 November 1988 (1988-11-18) 
22 October 1994 (1994-10-22)
Special
25 December 2004 (2004-12-25)

The show won a BAFTA Cymru for Best Drama Series in 1992, and despite coming to an end in 1994 is still repeated regularly on S4C.

Cast

  • Arthur Rowland Picton — John Pierce Jones
  • Walter "Wali" Tomos — Mei Jones
  • Tecwyn "Tecs" Parri — Bryn Fôn
  • George Winston Huws — Llion Williams
  • Sandra Elizabeth Huws (née Picton) — Siân Wheldon (Series 14 & Special 1) / Gwenno Hodgkins (Series 5 & Special 2)
  • Jean Parri — Bethan Gwilym
  • Lydia Tomos — Catrin Dafydd
  • Osborne Picton — Stewart Jones (Special 1)
  • Elen Margaret Picton (née Griffiths) — Elliw Haf (Series 5)
  • Dafydd Huws — Dafydd Hughes (Series 5) / Gruff Pritchard (Special 2)
  • Gwenllian Angharad Huws — Gwawr Hughes (Series 5) / Lowri Price (Special 2)

Plot

The show mainly revolves around the misadventures of Bryn Coch United, a fictional village football team, which is based on Pontrhydfendigaid Football Club. The running of the team is handled by a mix of uncapable committee members; quick-to-anger manager Arthur Picton, the slightly dim-witted linesman Wali Tomos, and Tecwyn Parri (the team's goalie and captain), arguably the most normal on the committee. Part of the cast outside of the football committee is Mr Picton's daughter, Sandra, and her boyfriend (later husband) and member of the football team, George Huws - a leather-clad punk rocker from Caernarfon.

Most plots were derived from the team's attempts to win their weekly games, as well as other events held in the village, and the main characters' relationships with their families. The many long-running jokes included Wali's intolerance of his mother, Lydia, Tecwyn's constantly angry wife Jean, and the fact that Arthur's (first) wife, Elsi, was almost never seen on screen - with many excuses being made for her absence. One ongoing sub-plot was Arthur Picton's dislike of his daughter's relationship with George Huws. However, Sandra was the only one who could put both her father and George in their place whenever she was unwittingly caught up in their feuds and ambitions.

Later series focuses more on expanding the families of established characters, such as introducing Arthur's brother into the show, the birth of Sandra and George's twins, the death of Arthur's wife, Elsi (after appearing on screen for only one episode), and eventually seeing him re-marry in series 5.

Team Members

  • Bryn Fôn — Tecwyn Parri (captain)
  • Llion Williams — George Huws
  • Alan Williams — John Bocsar
  • Rhys Richards — Harri Pritchard
  • Mal Lloyd — Graham
  • Dewi Rhys — Bryan Mawr (occasional)
  • Geraint Eifion — (silent role)
  • David Owen — (silent role)
  • Huw Charles — (silent role)
  • Gerald Craig — (silent role)
  • Geraint Williams — (silent role)
  • Mel Fôn — (silent role)

C'mon Midffîld vs Pobol y Cwm

Charity football match against Wales' only soap opera (at the time), Pobol y Cwm. The match was played on the week of the Urdd National Eisteddfod in Nantlle Valley, 1990.

Episodes

Radio

SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
Pilot23 January 19821
125 January 19861 March 19866
225 December 198629 January 19876
326 December 198730 January 19886

Television

SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
118 November 198823 December 19886
212 January 199023 February 19907
312 January 199116 February 19916
49 February 199215 March 19926
Special 125 December 19921
517 September 199422 October 19946
Special 225 December 20041

Reunion movie

Following a trend set by the BBC when they resurrected Only Fools and Horses, C'mon Midffîld! returned to the screens after a 10-year absence on Christmas Day, 2004, with a feature-length special - Midffîld a Rasbrijam.

Plot

After a car accident, Sandra is in hospital, and the Bryncoch crew are working hard to fulfill Sandra's dream of helping and giving presents to an orphanage in Azerbaijan. But the trip is full of turmoil, with Tecs trying to keep the peace between Arthur and George.

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