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BBC Wales has not restricted the production of ''Doctor Who'' and its spinoffs to Welsh facilities, however, as both ''Doctor Who'' and ''Torchwood'' have utilised other British Isles locations and BBC Cymru-sponsored ''Doctor Who'' production has also taken place abroad (to date including the United States (for second unit work on ''[[Daleks in Manhattan]]'' and primary shooting in ''[[The Impossible Astronaut]]''/''[[Day of the Moon]]''), Rome (''[[The Fires of Pompeii]]''), Croatia (for the [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|Series 5]] episode ''[[Vincent and the Doctor|Vincent And The Doctor]]'') and even the United Arab Emirates (''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]''). | BBC Wales has not restricted the production of ''Doctor Who'' and its spinoffs to Welsh facilities, however, as both ''Doctor Who'' and ''Torchwood'' have utilised other British Isles locations and BBC Cymru-sponsored ''Doctor Who'' production has also taken place abroad (to date including the United States (for second unit work on ''[[Daleks in Manhattan]]'' and primary shooting in ''[[The Impossible Astronaut]]''/''[[Day of the Moon]]''), Rome (''[[The Fires of Pompeii]]''), Croatia (for the [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|Series 5]] episode ''[[Vincent and the Doctor|Vincent And The Doctor]]'') and even the United Arab Emirates (''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]''). | ||
Despite the centrality of ''Doctor Who'' to BBC Wales' production output, the division has turned out a wide body of other work, mostly for consumption in Wales itself. As of [[2009]], its Welsh language soap opera, ''[[Wikipedia:Pobol y Cwm|Pobol y Cwm]]'', had been on the air for 35 years. Its longest-running English language drama, '' | Despite the centrality of ''Doctor Who'' to BBC Wales' production output, the division has turned out a wide body of other work, mostly for consumption in Wales itself. As of [[2009]], its Welsh language soap opera, ''[[Wikipedia:Pobol y Cwm|Pobol y Cwm]]'', had been on the air for 35 years. Its longest-running English language drama, ''{{w|Belonging (TV series)|Belonging}}'' — co-starring [[Eve Myles]] for a time — lasted ten series. | ||
== As commissioning agent == | == As commissioning agent == | ||
Like its BBC parent, BBC Wales can opt to pursue another production path. Instead of making the programmes themselves, they have an ability to commission programmes from other producers. This arrangement allows them to share both risk and reward with the contracted producer. Comparatively little of its Welsh language output is produced through such arrangements, but most of the programmes it shares with the national BBC are in fact commissioned work. Among the more famous commissioned BBC Wales programmes are: '' | Like its BBC parent, BBC Wales can opt to pursue another production path. Instead of making the programmes themselves, they have an ability to commission programmes from other producers. This arrangement allows them to share both risk and reward with the contracted producer. Comparatively little of its Welsh language output is produced through such arrangements, but most of the programmes it shares with the national BBC are in fact commissioned work. Among the more famous commissioned BBC Wales programmes are: ''{{w|Casanova (TV series)|Casanova}}'' (created by [[Russell T Davies]] and starring [[David Tennant]]), ''{{w|Life on Mars (TV series)|Life on Mars}}'' (co-created by [[Matthew Graham]] and starring [[John Simm]]), ''{{w|Merlin (TV series)|Merlin}}'' (starring, [[:Category:Actors who appeared in Merlin|among others]], [[Colin Morgan]], [[Anthony Head]] and [[Angel Coulby]]), and ''{{w|Being Human (TV series)|Being Human}}'' (created by [[Toby Whithouse]] and starring [[Russell Tovey]]). In the summer of 2009, ''Merlin'' became the first BBC Wales-commissioned series to air on a mainstream American network when its first series was shown on NBC, while ''Life on Mars'' and ''Being Human'' were subject to Americanized remake. | ||
== Future == | == Future == | ||
