page_title: Media in Cardiff
section_title: Use in media
hierarchical_section_title: Media in Cardiff / Use in media
caption_attribution_description: Roald Dahl Plass and Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay.
context_page_description: As the capital of Wales, media in Cardiff plays a large role in the city and nationwide. Employment in the sector has grown significantly in recent years, and currently provides employment for 2.1% of the city's workforce – higher than the level across Wales and marginally lower than that across Great Britain as a whole.
context_section_description: Cardiff is the filming location and/or setting for many mainstream television programmes such as Torchwood, Doctor Who, Sarah Jane Adventures, Merlin (TV series), Gavin & Stacey, Caerdydd and Pobl y Cwm, and for films such as Human Traffic, The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain and 28 Weeks Later. It is also referenced in Mars Attacks!
  It was announced on 15 October 2008 that the BBC is to move the filming shows such as Casualty and Crimewatch to studios in Cardiff.
  and confirmed on 27 March 2009 that filming would be begin in 2011.
  In 2010, Cardiff was used for filming of a contemporary update of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes in Sherlock, and for a remake of Upstairs, Downstairs.
  In 2012, Cardiff was the filming location of new MTV reality show The Valleys. The reality caused controversy and Welsh viewers were angered with the way the Welsh were stereotyped. The reality show takes young hopefuls from The Valleys and move them to Cardiff to pursue their dream careers. The show also shows the cast binge drinking, fighting, having casual sex and revealing themselves.
  The BBC 2 quiz Only Connect is produced in Cardiff.
caption: Roald Dahl Plass, outside the Millennium Centre, acts as the exterior of the hub in the series Torchwood
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