The Faith of things to come

DARK WELSH DRAMA WINS FANS IN MILLIONS

FANS have called it the Welsh Broadchurch, it’s already a huge success – and it hasn’t even been on the telly yet.

Keeping Faith is the Welsh-noir thriller that had viewers gripped when it appeared on BBC iPlayer earlier this year, with 10 million downloading the eightpart series.

It centres on feisty Faith Howells, a solicitor and mum of three whose husband Evan disappears while she’s on maternity leave.

Word of mouth was behind this record-breaking audience figure. The BBC had such an unexpected hit on their hands they extended the show’s stay on iPlayer over the May bank holiday to give fans late to the party a chance to watch. And then, just like that, it disappeared from the streaming catch-up service. But now everyone gets another chance to see it - or finish it – if you agonisingly missed the last couple of episodes when it left iPlayer, as it starts on BBC1 on Thursday at 9pm. Here’s everything you need to know about a drama that already has people talking...