MR BURTON

The extraordinary true story behind a Welsh legend.

Mr Burton is a powerful and moving drama based on the life-changing relationship between a compassionate Port Talbot schoolteacher and a troubled young boy with dreams far beyond the coal dust of South Wales. When Philip Burton meets Richie Jenkins — the rebellious son of a hard-drinking miner — he sees more than defiance. He sees raw talent.

Recognising the boy’s potential, Burton becomes Richie’s mentor, tutor and, eventually, adoptive father — helping to shape him into Richard Burton, the world-renowned actor who would one day say, “I owe him everything.”

This is the untold story of how love, belief and education can turn a boy with a dream into one of the greatest stars Wales has ever produced.