Vanished Wales is one of ITV Wales’ most popular shows. It explores the fascinating stories of lost landmarks, places in Wales that have disappeared from towns, cities and villages within living memory.

Now, its producer has captured this missing heritage in a book that shines a spotlight on these lost worlds: communities, hives of industry, popular public buildings, cultural and sporting venues, wartime placements, Victorian superstructures and even entire villages.

Join Carwyn Jones and presenter Adeola Dewis as they share stories of once prominent places that have been wiped off the map and the local people who still have a deep personal connection with the remarkable sights that were once on their doorstep.

 Carwyn Jones is a series producer, director and journalist at ITV Wales, with 25 years of broadcast experience across television, radio and online at ITV and BBC. His Wonders of the Border and Dock of the Bay series were both Bafta nominated. Vanished Wales was RTS nominated and he is the author of the book to accompany the series. Now based in Cardiff, he studied at University of South Wales and gained a Masters at Aberystwyth University.  

Adeola Dewis is an artist, university lecturer and Bafta nominated television presenter. She gained a PHD from Cardiff University and her artwork has been exhibited in museums and galleries across the UK.  For the last eight years she has been the face and voice of a number of ITV documentaries and factual series.  She and Carwyn Jones have been working together on Vanished Wales since the very first episode in 2022.