TV series

Still Waters

2025 · 1 season

A quiet, brooding return to a wounded community where old accusations surface slowly and every conversation carries the weight of the past.

Overview: In 1995, activist Llyr dies in a bombing; his cousin Rhys is jailed for his murder. In 2025, Rhys returns to buried secrets in a gripping tale of protest, guilt, and generational reckoning. Starring Mark Lewis Jones and Sian Resse-Williams.
How it feels: Melancholic, tense, dark and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Guilt, memory, justice, family
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: guilt
memory
justice
family
betrayal
Places: small town
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild