Morgan's Boy

[watervole]

 For those who haven't already seen Aralias's post - Morgan's Boy is now on You Tube

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhVwh3A8ixpE4KAOVY6aztFsSN9dZalF5

I should have done this long ago...

It's still the best thing Gareth Thomas ever did.  It's neither a happy story nor a quick one, but it's very well told.  Just look at the body language. Morgan moves differently to Gareth - he's slow and deliberate.  Gradually, you learn to understand him and the things that moulded him.

The TV series was about Morgan and his nephew.  The boy is sent to the farm to visit the uncle he's hardly ever met and is gradually drawn into Morgan's small world.  The life of a Welsh hill farmer in the 1980s was not an easy one, the work is hard and money is scarce.

Comments

[catalenamara]

Thanks for the link! I never had the chance to see this show.

[lexin]

I remember Morgan's Boy. It's brilliant.

[suenicorn]

Ooh, must check this out! That’s one I missed. I’ve seen him in a few things since B7 finished, but not that one. I have always imagined that beautiful voice of his as Aragorn whenever I reread LOTR.

Pity he has left us!