Roger Williams

Who is Roger Williams?

Roger Williams is a Welsh playwright and screenwriter working in both English and Welsh. His work often examines aspects of modern Welsh life, such as the place of minority languages, the plight of declining industrial communities and the Cardiff gay scene.

He was born at Newport, Wales, and brought up in Carmarthen. He graduated in 1995 from the University of Warwick with a degree in English and American Literature.

His theatre work includes:

Surfing, Carmarthen Bay

Love in Aberdare

Gulp

Calon Lân

Saturday Night Forever

Killing Kangaroos

Pop

Y Byd

Me, a Giant

Mother Tongue

"Kapow!"

"Tir Sir Gâr"

In 2002, his work Tales from the Pleasure Beach, screened on BBC Two, was nominated for a BAFTA Award in the Best Drama Series category. He has also written episodes of "Hollyoaks", "The Story of Tracy Beaker", "The Bench", "Citizens!" and many episodes of the daily Welsh-language soap opera Pobol y Cwm which is broadcast on S4C. In 2006, he became the lead writer of S4C's popular new drama series "Caerdydd", for which he won a Bafta in 2011.