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Ruth Jones Revives Nessa in BBC One Wales Special Airing Tonight

The hometown programme blends a surprise character cameo with personal footage to honor Porthcawl’s 200th year.

Overview

  • Ruth And Steve: From Porthcawl With Love is scheduled to air on BBC One Wales at 9pm on December 15.
  • The programme follows Jones guiding actor Steve Speirs around Porthcawl on the South Wales coast, including Coney Beach, about 20 miles from Barry Island.
  • At a Porthcawl screening, Speirs said acting opposite Nessa felt like performing with a different person, praising Jones’s transformation.
  • Jones shares home movies shot by her late father Richard, describing the footage as moving and offering glimpses of the town in the 1960s and 1970s.
  • Speirs meets Jones’s mother, siblings and lifelong friends, with Jones joking that some revealing anecdotes had to be edited out.