Siân Reese-Williams returns in The Light In The Hall Season 2 on 16 June
Siân Reese-Williams returns in the light in the hall season 2 on 16 June, with Caryl pulled into a new Llanemlyn story on Channel 4. The season uses the same fictional Welsh town but shifts the focus to a fresh investigation tied to a 1995 bombing and a reservoir expansion fight.
1995 in Llanemlyn
The story starts in 1995, when activist Llyr Owen dies in a bombing and his cousin Rhys is jailed for the crime. Thirty years later, Rhys returns home to a community once again divided by protest, and that split gives the season its pressure point from the first scene.
Mark Lewis Jones plays Rhys, while Reese-Williams plays Caryl, a trainee journalist whose investigation begins to unravel hidden truths. Channel 4 says the season is “told across two timelines,” and that structure keeps the old case and the present-day dispute moving in parallel instead of treating either one as backstory.
Caryl and the protest line
Caryl’s path runs through the people nearest the current fight. Nia Roberts plays Eve, a university lecturer and mentor to Caryl Huws, while Robert is Eve’s father and the controversial head of the company pushing for reservoir expansion plans.
Maeve, Eve’s daughter and Robert’s granddaughter, is also a key player in the protest. One actor plays an environmental activist and protestor against the expansion plans, which gives the family conflict a direct route into the public campaign over the reservoir.
Channel 4 at 9pm
The season aired on Channel 4 at 9pm on 16 June, and the timing puts a new story on the same fictional ground the earlier Welsh-language version, Y Golau: Dŵr, already used on S4C. That matters because this is not a repeat of the first run’s exact plot; it is a new use of Llanemlyn built around guilt, protest, and what the town has been willing to bury.
Wyn Bowen Harries plays Bryn Owen, Mali Tudno Jones plays Megan Breckon, Matthew Gravelle plays Gareth Breckon, and Gillian Elisa plays Eunice. For viewers, the draw is straightforward: the cast is large enough to keep the town politics moving, but the story still belongs to Rhys and Caryl, whose connection to the old bombing case gives the season its edge.
Tags: Siân Reese-Williams, Mark Lewis Jones, Nia Roberts, Wyn Bowen Harries, Mali Tudno Jones, Matthew Gravelle, Gillian Elisa, Channel 4, S4C, Llanemlyn, The Light In The Hall: Still Waters season 2, Y Golau: Dŵr
