Mark Meadows

In the Welsh town of Port Talbot, 1942, Richard Jenkins lives as a wayward schoolboy, caught between the pressures of his struggling family, a devastating war and his own ambitions. However, a new opportunity arises when Richard’s natural talent for drama catches the attention of his teacher, Philip Burton.

Two friends are drawn into a seedy underworld of extortion and violence when they try to blackmail a gang of bank robbers.