Oof. Impossible!” laughs Matthew Rhys when I ask if he’ll be “doing” Richard Burton’s voice in Welsh National Theatre’s new ...

Behind the booming voice and tabloid scandals, the most enduring performances by Burton – born 100 years ago – were studies in vulnerability.

Richard Burton was born a century ago and Wales, for one, is celebrating. Matthew Rhys is performing as him on tour, Toby Jones played his influential teacher in Mr Burton, and now Richard Burton: ...

Filmed around Wales, and particularly in Pontrhydyfen, where Richard Burton was raised, the BBC film is full of beautiful filming locations as well as an intriguing true-story of how one of the ...