History Series / Hinterland

* BerserkButton: For DCI Mathias, it's parents not being allowed to see their own children.

* DefectiveDetective: Mathias is one. Although the real reason hasn't been made clear by the end of season one, it's implied that [[spoiler:he went through a painful divorce back in London and doesn't have joint custody over his two daughters, and is only beginning to deal with the separation.]]

* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler:Nia Morgan]] from "Night Music," [[spoiler:Lowri Rees]] from "Penwyllt," and [[spoiler:the professor]] from "The Girl in the Water" all cheated on their respective spouses. [[spoiler:In the first two cases, it was a cause for murder.]]

** From "Penwyllt": Actually, all of the named cast from the town of Penwyllt could count, aside from Lowri Rees and Defi James. [[spoiler:Gwyneth sent the postcard to Lowri, but it was just to stop her from obsessing over Michael Reynold's disappearance. Wyn's greatest crime was being a bystander to the murder, while the three best friends (Tommy, Dic, and Gwilym) had accidentally murdered Michael Reynolds by drowning him in a livestock waste channel which flooded during a heavy rainstorm]].

* DealWithTheDevil: In "Devil's Bridge," Mared recounts the legend of the creation of the titular bridge: The Devil told an old woman that he would create a bridge, and in exchange he takes the first soul who crosses it. [[DidYouJustScamCthulhu She throws her bread across the bridge and lets her dog chase it]]. The Devil was said to have been [[HumblePie so ashamed that he left and never returned to Wales]].

* DyingTown: Penwyllt, a former stone mining settlement, is one. In real life, it's main function today is as a stopover for caving enthusiasts.

* KillItWithFire: Wyn Bratton had previously been sentenced to three years for arson and attempted murder of his ex-wife and his two boys. He claims he didn't know they were at home.

''Y Gwyll'' (Welsh: ''The Dusk''), titled ''Hinterland/Y Gwyll'' in bilingual and ''Hinterland'' in English-language broadcasts, is a Welsh detective drama that airs on S4C and BBC One Wales and is available for streaming on Creator/{{Netflix}} in North America. Three versions were shot back-to-back and broadcast: one completely in Welsh, one that is bilingual Welsh/English, and one mostly in English. The first series aired in October of 2013, and it was renewed for a second series.

** "The Girl in the Water": [[spoiler:Alice had just left the hotel and her professor, and realized that she lost her mobile and missed the last train out of Borth. She asks Dyfan the station master to drive her back to the hotel, but Dyfan, who was secretly her father, asked her not to. In the ensuing struggle, Dyfan accidentally smothered her, and he decided that her body deserved to be in a beautiful place in a beautiful pose.]]

* OffingTheOffspring: In "The Girl in the Water," [[spoiler:unintentially by Dyfan Richard, the man at Borth train station. He put Alice's body in the bog so that she would look beautiful]].

** From "The Girl in the Water":

* TeacherStudentRomance: [[spoiler:Alice and her Classics professor. Turns out it wasn't the first time for him.]]

* [[Myth/CelticMythology Welsh Mythology]]: Some episodes mention local Welsh legends and myths, like that of the creation of the Devil's Bridge at Pontarfynach and the story of the maiden Brodeuwedd.

* {{Blackmail}}: In "Night Music," [[spoiler:Eric Roberts killed three escaped German [=POWs=] who had taken shelter in his barn by burning them alive in there. Coradog Williams found out, and threatened to inform the authorities unless Roberts gave up Talygroes piece by piece for free.]]

* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:Joseph Roberts sets himself and Talygroes on fire. In 1943, his grandfather burned three German POWs alive in a barn, which resulted in the Roberts family losing Talygroes in the first place]].

* ManOnFire: In "Night Music," [[spoiler:Eric Roberts burned down his barn in which three escaped German POWs had taken shelter. It's also how Coradog Williams blackmailed Roberts into giving him his land.]]

** From "Night Music": Dylan Bevan and Herbert Rees fall under suspicion. [[spoiler:

* DropDeadGorgeous: The corpse of the titular girl of the episode "The Girl in the Water" was posed in the middle of the bog in a [[LadyInRed red dress]].

* FishOutOfWater: In the bilingual version, DCI Mathias communicates mostly in English while everyone else is more comfortable speaking in Welsh. In all versions, he is a Welshman who is returning from an extended career as a policeman in London.

* LonersAreFreaks: Wyn Bratton from "Penwyllt" who lives up in the woods all by himself after his wife put a restraining order on him.
* MurdererPOV: Used pretty much every episode, [[spoiler:although they are not always the murderer]].

** From "Night Music":

* {{Blackmail}}: In "Night Music," [[spoiler:Eric Roberts killed three escaped German POWs who had taken shelter in his barn by burning them alive in there. Coradog Williams found out, and threatened to inform the authorities unless Roberts gave up Talygroes piece by piece for free.]]

* {{Blackmail}}: In "Night Music," [[spoiler:Roberts killed three German soldiers, one of whom his daughter Enid had taken to, escaped from a POW camp and taken shelter in his barn by burning it. Coradaugh Williams found out, and threatened to inform the authorities unless Roberts gave up Talygroes and all his lands to him.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Mared notes that when she had just had her daughter, her house was always a mess, and yet Catrin's is spotless. [[spoiler:We find out her baby is just a doll that she insists on caring for, after having her first child taken away after birth at thirteen and after a miscarriage when trying for a baby with her husband]].\

** From "Devil's Bridge": Hywel and Jenny are both very suspicious. The former had disappeared off the radar for several days, and at the Home, he was paid special attention by Helen Jenkins, either good or bad. Meanwhile, Jenny descended into a life of petty crime and multiple run-ins with the law after her time at the home, and turned herself in as the murderer. [[spoiler:It was Catrin, the supposed bad girl-turned-good housewife]].

''Y Gwyll'' (Welsh: ''The Dusk''), titled ''Hinterland/Y Gwyll'' in bilingual and ''Hinterland'' in English-language broadcasts, is a Welsh detective drama that airs on S4C and BBC One Wales and is available for streaming on Netflix in North America. Three versions were shot back-to-back and broadcast: one completely in Welsh, one that is bilingual Welsh/English, and one mostly in English. The first series aired in October of 2013, and it was renewed for a second series.

''Y Gwyll'' (Welsh: ''The Dusk''), titled ''Hinterland/Y Gwyll'' in bilingual and ''Hinterland'' in English-language broadcasts, is a Welsh police drama that airs on S4c and BBC One Wales and is available for streaming on Netflix in North America. Three versions were shot back-to-back and broadcast: one completely in Welsh, one that is bilingual Welsh/English, and one mostly in English. The first series aired in October of 2013, and it was renewed for a second series.

The focus of ''Y Gwyll'' is on our protagonist DCI Tom Mathias (Richard Harrington), who has relocated from London to the coastal town of Aberystwyth in the west of Wales. He is joined by DI Mared Rhys (Mali Harries), DC Lloyd Elis (Alex Harries), DS Siân Owens (Hannah Daniel), and CS Brian Prosser (Aneirin Hughes).

''Y Gwyll'' (Welsh: ''The Dusk''), titled ''Hinterland'' in English-language broadcasts, is a Welsh police drama that airs on S4c and BBC One Wales and is available for streaming on Netflix in North America. Two versions were shot back-to-back and broadcast: one completely in Welsh and one that is bilingual Welsh/English. The first series aired in October of 2013, and it was renewed for a second series.

The focus of ''Y Gwyll'' is on DCI Tom Mathias (Richard Harrington), who has relocated from London to the coastal town of Aberystwyth in the west of Wales. He is joined by DI Mared Rhys (Mali Harries), DC Lloyd Elis (Alex Harries), DS Siân Owens (Hannah Daniel), and CS Brian Prosser (Aneirin Hughes).

** "Penwyllt": [[spoiler:The three best friends, Tommy James, Dic Rees, and Gwylim Morgan, know that out of towner Matthew was secretly banging Dic's wife using Wyn Bratton's caravan. In an attempt to intimidate him and dissuade him from coming near Lowri again, they kidnap him and shove his face into a channel that carried livestock waste. Unfortunately, it had been raining heavily that night and they end up drowning him. They dumped his body in the quarry lake, which Tommy owns, and Gwylim was tasked with getting rid of the dead man's caravan.]]
** "The Girl in the Water": [[spoiler:Alice had just left the hotel and her professor, and realized that she lost her mobile and missed the last train out of Borth. She asks Dyfen the station master to drive her back to the hotel, but Dyfen, who was secretly her father, asked her not to. In the ensuing struggle, Dyfen accidentally smothered her, and he decided that her body deserved to be in a beautiful place in a beautiful pose.]]

* DomesticAbuser: The delivery man in "Night Music" is guilty of this against his ex.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Mared notes that when she had just had her daughter, her house was always a mess, and yet Catrin's is spotless. [[spoiler:We find out her baby is just a doll that she insists on caring for, after having her first child taken away after birth at thirteen and after a miscarriage when trying for a baby with her husband]].

* OffingTheOffspring: In "The Girl in the Water," [[spoiler:unintentially by Dyfen, the man at Borth train station. He put Alice's body in the bog so that she would look beautiful]].
* OrphanageOfFear: The Pontarfynach Children's Home. Helen Jenkins, who ran the home, would routinely call for the children and teens to repent for their sins.

** From "Penwyllt": Actually, all of the named cast from the town of Penwyllt could count, aside from Lowri Rees and Defi James. [[spoiler:Gwyneth sent the postcard to Lowri, but it was just to stop her from obsessing over Matthew's disappearance. Wyn's greatest crime was being a bystander to the murder, while the three best friends (Tommy, Dic, and Gwylim) had accidentally murdered Matthew by drowning him in a livestock waste channel which flooded during a heavy rainstorm]].

* TeacherStudentRomance: [[spoiler:Alice and her Classics professor. Turns out it wasn't the first time for him.]]

%%** From "Night Music":

%%** From "The Girl in the Water":

* CaliforniaDoubling: Notably averted. Filming takes place in Wales and more often than not uses real life locations like the actual Devil's Bridge and Borth train station with its small rail museum. The rest of the time, real places are used as stand-ins for fictional locations, like the Hafod Arms Hotel in Devil's Bridge (Pontarfynach) as the former Pontarfynach Children's Home.

%%** From "Devil's Bridge":

** From "Penwyllt": Actually, all of the named cast from the town of Penwyllt could count, aside from Lowri Rees and Defi James.

* StepfordSmiler: Catrin John, who used to live at the children's home and is now married and has a child, seems to be a symbol of perfection and someone who's reformed. [[spoiler:We find out that her husband has actually left her, they never really had a baby, and she was the one who killed Helen Jenkins.]]

* DropDeadGorgeous: The corpse of the titular girl of the episode "The Girl in the Water" was posed in the middle of the moorland in a [[LadyInRed red dress]]

** From "Devil's Bridge":
** From "Night Music":
** From "Penwyllt":
** From "The Girl in the Water":

The focus of ''Y Gwyll'' is on DCI Tom Mathias (Richard Harrington), who has relocated from London to the coastal town of Aberstwyth in the west of Wales. He is joined by DI Mared Rhys (Mali Harries), DC Lloyd Elis (Alex Harries), DS Siân Owens (Hannah Daniel), and CS Brian Prosser (Aneirin Hughes).

The focus of ''Y Gywll'' is on DCI Tom Mathias (Richard Harrington), who has relocated from London to the coastal town of Aberstwyth in the west of Wales. He is joined by DI Mared Rhys (Mali Harries), DC Lloyd Elis (Alex Harries), DS Siân Owens (Hannah Daniel), and CS Brian Prosser (Aneirin Hughes).

''Y Gywll'' (Welsh: ''The Dusk''), titled ''Hinterland'' in English-language broadcasts, is a Welsh police drama that airs on S4c and BBC One Wales and is available for streaming on Netflix in North America. Two versions were shot back-to-back and broadcast: one completely in Welsh and one that is bilingual Welsh/English. The first series aired in October of 2013, and it was renewed for a second series.

* DropDeadGorgeous: The corpse of the titular girl of the episode "The Girl in the Water" was posed in the middle of the moorland in a [[WomanInRed red dress]]