The Railway (Television Series)

The Railway (or Gaddarog in some territories) is a Welsh television crime drama that aired on BBC One from February 9th 2014 to December 25th 2017. The first series revolves around the kidnapping of a young girl and the murder of two men.

Cast
Luke Evans as Detective Sion Edwards

The detective put on Anwen's disappearance case, but when two bodies show up in a matter of days, he soon begins to connect the dots. (Series 1 - 4)

Emily Tucker as Detective Mared Owain

Sion's partner and girlfriend, she works closely with him on the disappearance case and eventually the two alleged murders. (Series 1 - 4)

Rhys Ifans as Rhodri Jones

Anwen's estranged father and the prime suspect in her disappearance, his brother's body is the second to be found. (Series 1 - 2)

Ruth Jones as Sian Jones

Rhodri's ex-wife and Anwen's mother. She immediately points the blame at him, especially after Rhodri's brother shows up dead, days after a falling out. Sian is shocked further when the unidentified body's identity truly hits home. (Series 1 - 2, 4)

Catherine Zeta Jones as Gwyneth Padley

Anwen's aunt and Sian's sister, she leads the hunt to find Anwen in the community. She's left reeling after the community turns their back on the hunt after the double murder. (Series 1 - 4)

Michael Sheen as Ieuan Padley

Gwyneth's husband and Anwen's school teacher, his sketchy behaviour brings him under the suspicions of Mared. (Series 1 - 2, 4)

Sian Phillips as Rhiannon Padley

Ieuan's kind yet hard-hitting mother, she served as a surrogate grandmother to Anwen after Gwyneth and Sian's parents died in a car crash years previously. (Series 1 - 4)

Lucy Hutchinson as Anwen Jones

A local girl, Sian's daughter, Gwyneth and Ieuan's niece and Rhiannon's surrogate granddaughter, who goes missing the day before a body appears on Gaddarog's railway. (Series - 2)