A former Broadchurch and Dr Who star has revealed how she learnt how to speak Welsh to secure the lead part in a gripping new BBC drama.
Actress Eve Myles, from Ystradgynlais, South Wales who stars in the new eight-part series of Keeping Faith plays the lead role.
As Faith Howells she is a lawyer, wife and mother whose life is turned upside down when her husband Evan mysteriously disappears.
The BBC One Wales programme, that continues on Tuesday February 20 has already proved a hit with TV audiences after it was screened in Welsh on S4C in November under the title Un Bore Mercher.
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Now, the drama filmed in several South Wales locations is airing in English after it was filmed back-to-back in both languages.
But Myles, 39, also known for her stint in Torchwood, had to learn the Welsh language from scratch specifically to film the dual-language series.
She said the challenge of the role helped her get into character like never before.
“When the producers of the series introduced the idea to me and explained the drama was in Welsh, I turned it down,” she told our sister title, Wales Online .
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“But they contacted me several times and put the script in front of me.
“I started to read it and I couldn’t put it down. I decided then I’d do anything to get the part.
“It was a huge challenge for me to learn the Welsh-language script but I like a challenge and I certainly got one.
“There’s no bigger challenge than learning a language in order to get into character.
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“Also, I had to stand in front of the cast and crew and convince them I could do it.”
And speaking to Digital Spy she said: "I'm the type of character who likes to be challenged, and I wasn't being challenged. Then this came through, and I thought, 'What bigger challenge would I have?'
"Even if this job was just in English, it would have been a huge challenge to play Faith Howells. Already, it was huge – and it was in two languages.
"I thought to myself, 'In five years' time, if I look back at this, and somebody else played this part and I didn't give it a go, I'm going to be desperately unhappy with myself. I don't know if I can live with that. Because I know this is a good piece.'
"So I took the challenge. It was live, breathe and die – every single day on the show. But it was the kick I needed, and it was the challenge I needed. And I've never loved my job so much."
Keeping Faith returns on Tuesday night on BBC One Wales at 9pm.