Men Up

Men Up is an upcoming BBC One and BBC iPlayer television film, about the first ever clinical trials for the drug viagra, which took place in Swansea in 1994. Russell T Davies is amongst the executive producers. The cast includes Aneurin Barnard, Alexandra Roach, Phaldut Sharma, Iwan Rheon, Steffan Rhodri and Joanna Page. Synopsis In Morriston Hospital in Swansea in 1994, a group of middle-aged Welsh men stepped into the unknown by taking part in the world's first medical trials for the drug that became Viagra. Cast Iwan Rheon as Meurig Jenkins Aneurin Barnard as Dr. Dylan Pearce Alexandra Roach as Ffion Jenkins Phaldut Sharma as Peetham ‘Pete’ Shah Paul Rhys as Tommy Cadogan Steffan Rhodri as Colin White Mark Lewis Jones as Eddie O’Connor Joanna Page as Moira Davies Lisa Palfrey as Teresa Rigby Alexandria Riley as Alys Shah Dyfan Dwyfor Katy Wix Production The series is written by Matthew Barry. Executive producers are Nicola Shindler and Davina Earl for Quay Street Productions, Rachel Evans for Boom, Matthew Barry, Russell T Davies and Rebecca Ferguson for the BBC. Men Up is directed by Ashley Way and produced by Karen Lewis.