This starts next week
S2 - which isn’t linked to s1 so seems no need to watch it but if you want to the thread here
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/telly_addicts/4709428-the-light-in-the-hall-wed-and-thur-9pm-ch4-tv-pace-no-spoilers?utm_campaign=thread&utm_medium=app_share
The new episodes return to the fictional town of Llanemlyn as a controversial plan to expand the reservoir “reignites long-buried tensions”.
A brilliant Welsh cast come together, with former Emmerdale favourite Sian Reese-Williams (https://www.tvguide.co.uk/articles/10-hidden-gem-best-drama-tv-series-you-probably-havent-heard-of-summer-of-sport-the-gathering-top-dog/) back as Caryl.
Sian is the only returning cast member in series 2, which is more like an anthology series, than a sequel.
Here’s everything you need to know about The Light in the Hall: Still Waters, including plot, cast, start date, and filming locations.
Caryl Huws is the central character in the Welsh crime drama series (known in Welsh as Y Golau).
In series 1, Caryl was working in her father’s butcher shop. In series 2, she is an aspiring journalist.
The upcoming episodes follow ex-convict Rhys Owen, who returns to town after 20 years in prison.
It’s worth saying that he has always protested his innocence.
In 1995, activist Llyr died in a bombing, and his cousin Rhys was jailed for his murder. Fast forward to 2025, and Rhys returns to a town facing a new reservoir expansion protest.
Season two sees Siân Reese-Williams reprise her role as Caryl, who has returned to education to become a journalist.
While looking for a story, she becomes fascinated by the death of Llyr Owen in an explosion at a reservoir in 1995. Llyr's cousin Rhys, who was convicted of the murder, returns to the town after serving thirty years in prison.
The official synopsis reads: "Told across two timelines, the story begins in 1995, when activist Llyr Owen dies in a bombing and his cousin Rhys is jailed for the crime.
Thirty years later, Rhys returns home to a community once again divided by protest.
Young protesters Mabli and Hari reignite the conflict, drawing in trainee journalist Caryl. As she digs deeper, long-buried secrets emerge, including affairs, lies, and hidden evidence, which forced the town to confront its past.
The second series features an ensemble cast led once again by Siân Reese-Williams. She returns to play Caryl in the Channel 4 crime drama. Soap fans will know Siân for playing Gennie Walker in ITV’s Emmerdale between 2008 and 2013.
She’s also famous for her leading roles in Hidden, and Wolf. Siân recently played the victim’s mum Carys Davies in the Channel 5 drama (https://www.tvguide.co.uk/articles/the-downfall-of-huw-edwards-channel-5-drama-martin-clunes-disgraced-bbc-news-presenter-plot-cast-start-date-true-story/)Power: The Downfall of Huw Edwards.
Keeping Faith and Out There actor Mark Lewis Jones (https://www.tvguide.co.uk/articles/out-there-drama-itv-cast-martin-clunes-mark-lewis-jones-louis-ashbourne-serkis/) will play convicted murderer Rhys Owen, while Bang’s Nia Roberts stars as Eve Davies. Sherwood and Hustle star Robert Glenister portrays Robert Davies.