Mr Burton | Preview (BBC One)

The BBC will be celebrating the life and times of Welsh icon and global superstar, Richard Burton this Autumn, marking 100 years since his birth in Pontrhydyfen in November 1925.

The compelling biopic of his early life, MR BURTON starring Toby Jones and Harry Lawtey in stand-out performances, will be broadcast on Monday 10 November at 8pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

Released in cinemas earlier this year to critical acclaim, Mr Burton, the first BBC Cymru Wales’ funded feature film, retells the true story of the relationship between Welsh schoolmaster Philip Burton and a wild young schoolboy called Richard Jenkins.

Produced by Severn Screen and starring Harry Lawtey as a young Burton, Toby Jones as his teacher Philip Burton and Lesley Manville as Burton’s housekeeper, the BAFTA Cymru winning film and Dinard Award winner (Audience Award for Best Film, Jury Award for Best Performance for Harry Lawtey) also stars Aimee-Ffion Edwards as Cis, Aneurin Bernard as her husband Elfed and Steffan Rhodri as Burton’s wayward father.

The feature, filmed in and around Burton’s hometown of Pontrhydyfen and Port Talbot, is directed by Marc Evans and written by Tom Bullough and Josh Hyams.

Mr Burton airs Monday 10th November at 8pm on BBC One.