About the series
Part of 大象传媒 Radio Wales' commitment to new writing -'Driving Home For Christmas' is both an engaging road movie for the radio, and an online interactive journey exploring the process of writing short form drama.
Hapless gambler Daf is about to embark on the biggest challenge of his life. He just doesn鈥檛 know it yet. He and his long suffering girlfriend Shelley are plunged into chaos when Daf鈥檚 grief-stricken Mam throws their perfectly laid Christmas plans into complete disarray. She鈥檚 not taking 鈥榥o鈥� for an answer when she declares that she needs the whole family at home with her for Christmas this year in Aberystwyth.
So at the 11th hour Daf and Rhodri, two very different brothers set out from opposite ends of the country to honour both their father鈥檚 memory, and their mother鈥檚 wishes.
Five writers in five locations spread across Wales have come together through an innovative collaboration to tell the story of a dysfunctional family battling their way towards the festivities, and more importantly, towards each other.
Along the way they will conquer their biggest fears and struggle to find the true meaning of love in all its various guises. This being a comedy drama, they will also come up against an awful lot more; those burning Christmas questions. What is the point of a rotisserie? What happens when you don鈥檛 follow your Dad鈥檚 advice to put a shovel in the car? And what is the Christmas food made from the rather unpleasant sounding Marsh Worts?
Join us daily on Radio Wales for our funny, fast paced new drama at 3.40pm 17th-21st December with a special Omnibus version at 6pm on Christmas Day.
In a video gallery here on the website you can hear for more from the writers and explore the people and places in the story on our interactive map.
You can even use Santanav to make sure you don鈥檛 get lost on our interactive map.
'Driving Home for Christmas' was produced in Cardiff for 大象传媒 Radio Wales by Emma Bodger.
The cast includes Aled Pugh, Shelley Rees, Sharon Morgan and Robert Pugh.
The project is a collaboration between Radio Wales, 大象传媒 Radio Drama, 大象传媒 Wales Learning & Interactive and Cyfle.
It also utilises the extensive 大象传媒 archive as well as showcasing brand new drama from Cardiff based playwright Dafydd James, Valleys novelist Rachel Trezise, Swansea based TV dramatist Philip Ralph, Ruthin Playwright Kevin Dyer and novelist Niall Griffiths from Aberystwyth.
Join us online and on-air to find out what can possibly go wrong when you鈥檙e just 鈥淒riving Home For Christmas鈥� ...
