ITV Cymru Wales series 'Dock of the Bay' sheds new light on Cardiff's past

60 years ago, film crews descended on the Welsh capital to shoot an atmospheric thriller on the streets of the city’s docklands.

It's a shocking chapter in Cardiff's past. But you won't find any memorial in the city to the victims of the notorious riots of 1919.

For 120 years Newtown was a vibrant Irish community in Cardiff. Nowadays you’ll struggle to find a single trace of ‘Little Ireland’.

John Briggs photographed Cardiff's docklands in the 1970s. He has now returned to photograph the same locations more than 40 years later.

It’s almost 60 years since demolition teams began tearing down Tiger Bay, the old seafaring community in the heart of Cardiff’s docklands.

The lost communities of Cardiff’s docklands are to feature in a new four-part tv series on ITV Cymru Wales.