You may have seen some filming taking place around Swansea last month, with a famous actor known worldwide through his role in Game of Thrones spotted on a city street. And now the BBC has today officially announced the new feature length drama, Men Up.
Men Up is inspired by the remarkable true story of one of the world's first medical trials for the drug that ultimately became Viagra, which was held in Swansea’s Morriston Hospital in 1994. Years before the little blue pill changed the lives for millions across the globe, a group of ordinary middle-aged Welsh men took a step into the unknown by taking part in the trial.
The cast of the drama, made by Quay Street Productions and Boom for BBC One and BBC iPlayer in a co-commission with BBC Wales, includes Iwan Rheon (Game of Thrones, Misfits, Riviera), Aneurin Barnard (Dunkirk, The Pact), Alexandra Roach (Killing Eve, Sanditon, No Offence), Phaldut Sharma (Sherwood, Romantic Getaway), Paul Rhys (A Discovery of Witches, Rellick), Steffan Rhodri (House of the Dragon, Temple), Mark Lewis Jones (Gangs of London, The Phantom of the Open), Joanna Page (Gavin & Stacey, Dolittle), Alexandria Riley (The Pembrokeshire Murders, The Pact), Nathan Sussex (It’s A Sin, Hollyoaks), Lisa Palfrey (Sex Education, COBRA), Dyfan Dwyfor (A Very English Scandal, Requiem) and Katy Wix (Ghosts, Stath Lets Flats).
