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The Best TV Shows on S4C

Every S4C Show Ranked From Best To Worst

For top-tier entertainment, S4C delivered People of the Valley and SuperTed in 1974 and 1983. Explore our list of the top rated shows up to date from December 2024 that includes over 20 unique series. Boasting a rich catalog, S4C features more than 20 shows, with broadcasting dates ranging from 1974 to N/A.

  • 35 Days
    35 Days (2014)8.5

    Murder mystery series in which each season begins with the discovery of a dead body, jumps back 35 days (or hours) to introduce the situation and characters, then proceeds forward through time to arrive at the initial scene and reveal the killer.

  • People of the Valley
    People of the Valley (1974)8.0

    Daily soap featuring the fictional residents of the village of Cwmderi.

  • Bang
    Bang (2017)7.9

    Loner Sam's life is transformed when he comes into possession of a gun and starts to break the law. His ambitious policewoman sister Gina is paid to uphold it and makes it her mission to find the owner of the weapon. The family saga plays out against an inquiry into the shooting of a local businessman that raises questions for Sam and Gina about their father's murder when they were young children.

  • Hinterland
    Hinterland (2013)7.3

    Tom Mathias comes to Aberystwyth having abandoned his life in London. He's a brilliant but troubled man. Despite his faults he is an excellent detective, who knows that the key to solving the crime lies not in where you look for truth, but how you look.

  • Hidden
    Hidden (2018)7.3

    DI Cadi John and DC Owen Vaughan try to solve a case involving Mali Pryce, a young woman whose body was discovered in a stream in the woods.

  • Tree on a Hill
    Tree on a Hill (2023)7.3

    Laced with humour and a touch of the absurd, this is a story with Margaret and Clive Lewis at its heart. These unlikely heroes' quiet lives are changed in an instant when they find themselves on the wrong side of the law. Set in a bypassed town at the edge of a valley, this is a story about crumbling values, resilience and transgression being the key to liberation.

  • Bregus
    Bregus (2021)7.0

    This 6-part drama series focuses on Ellie's not-as-it-seems perfect life. Ellie seems to have it all – the perfect husband, daughter and close-knit group of friends. The unbreakable gang are all in their mid-thirties. They depend on each other, they're a family. But what happens when tragedy strikes and unleashes demons in Ellie that threaten the façade of her life and even the core of her sanity.

  • Keeping Faith
    Keeping Faith (2017)6.9

    Faith, a small-town Welsh lawyer, is forced to cut short her extended maternity leave when her husband and business partner, Evan, goes missing. As the truth of his actions surface, Faith must fight to protect her family and her sanity.

  • SuperTed
    SuperTed (1983)6.8

    SuperTed is a Welsh fictional anthropomorphic bear character created by Mike Young. Originally created by Young as a series of stories to help his son overcome his fear of the dark, SuperTed became a popular series of books and led to an animated series produced from 1982 to 1986.

  • The Museum
    The Museum (2021)6.8

    Trace the self-destructive fall of Della Howells, Museum Director in her 40s who begins a dangerous relationship with a young man, and descends from a respectable middle-class woman into the criminal underworld of the art world.

  • The Big Breakfast
    The Big Breakfast (1992)6.6

    The Big Breakfast was a British light entertainment television show shown on Channel 4 and S4C each weekday morning from 28 September 1992 until 29 March 2002 during which period 2,482 shows were produced. The Big Breakfast was produced by Planet 24, the production company co-owned by former Boomtown Rats singer and Live Aid organiser Bob Geldof. The programme was distinctive for broadcasting live from former lockkeepers' cottages commonly referred to as "The Big Breakfast House", or more simply, "The House", located on Fish Island, in Bow in east London. The show was a mix of news, weather, interviews, audience phone-ins and general features, with a light tone which was in competition with the more serious GMTV and even more serious BBC breakfast programmes.

  • Fireman Sam
    Fireman Sam (1987)6.2

    Follow the adventures of fireman Sam and his colleagues as they protect the citizens of the Welsh town of Pontypandy. Whenever the alarm sounds, brave Sam and his co-workers can be counted on to jump into a fire engine, hop onto a helicopter, or even launch an inflatable lifeboat to battle blazes, mount rescue missions, or provide medical attention to those in need.

  • The Further Adventures of SuperTed
    The Further Adventures of SuperTed (1989)6.0

    The Further Adventures of SuperTed is an American/Welsh animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera and Siriol Animation in association with S4C, and continues the adventures of SuperTed. There was only one series consisting of thirteen episodes and originally broadcast on The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera in the United States on 31 January 1989.

  • The Light in the Hall
    The Light in the Hall (2022)5.6

    Sharon Roberts has never stopped grieving the loss of her murdered daughter, Ela, and journalist Cat, who grew up with Ela, has always been obsessed by her murder. The parole of her killer, Joe, leaves both women forced to confront the past.

  • Alys
    Alys (2011)2.0

    Alys moves from Cardiff to a dingy flat in a small West Wales town along with her 10-year-old son, Daniel, while trying to escape her past.

  • Con Passionate
    Con Passionate (2005)N/A

    Con Passionate is a Welsh-language television drama series, written by Siwan Jones and directed by Rhys Powys for S4C. The first two series were Teledu Apollo productions.

  • Bwyd Epic Chris
    Bwyd Epic Chris (2018)N/A

    Chris Roberts’ main delights are Caernarfon, Roxy the dog and creating epic food!

  • First Minister in a Pandemic
    First Minister in a Pandemic (2021)N/A

    A unique insight into the life of Mark Drakeford as he deals with the Covid-19 pandemic.

  • Rough Cut
    Rough Cut (2022)N/A

    Dal y Mellt (Welsh for Catch the Lightning) is an adaptation of the novel of the same name. It follows the troubled story of Carbo, as he is drawn into a world of wrongdoing, lies, secrets and theft.

  • C'mon Midffîld!
    C'mon Midffîld! (N/A)N/A

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