Dafydd

Dafydd

Dafydd

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Dafydd

"A rent boy's story"

1995

0h 40m

3.0(3 votes)

Drama

Overview

A young gay hustler from South Wales, Dafydd is working in Amsterdam where he meets David, a music lecturer also from Wales. Two kindred spirits in a foreign land. Originally aired as episode 2, series 3, of the television program "Wales Playhouse".

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BBC Cymru Wales

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Richard Harrington

Richard Harrington

Dafydd

William Thomas

William Thomas

David Davies

Dirk Zeelenberg

Dirk Zeelenberg

Henk

Dick van Ooster

Pimp

Raymi Sambo

Raymi Sambo

Roy

Roger Lataster

Jurgen

Ffion Jon

Jakob

Chris Angelouski

Joost

Gus Jansen

Sjoerd

Jeroen Van Der Noort

Detective

Creative team

Directed by: Ceri Sherlock
Written by: Ceri Sherlock
Produced by: Hans Eksteen
Gareth Rowlands

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