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Valley Bara bakery lies at the heart of a small South Wales town. Generations have worked, skived, flirted, fought and earned an honest living there. But then the recession bites, and the bakery workers find themselves unemployed overnight.With their lives in turmoil, and facing a future on the dole, it looks like the beginning of the end for this close-knit community. Then an outrageous idea from local joker and wide boy Owen opens up a world of possibilities and a chance to find out if we really are all in this together.The first of three contemporary, poignant and heart-warming episodes rooted in the reality of a small valley town as the current economic crisis strikes at the heart of its community. Starring the best of Welsh talent, The Baker Boys brings colourful, charismatic and real characters to the screen.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00xzg46

[ Last edited by codebreaker at 9-11-2011 23:40 ]

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Good first episode with some familiar faces and in the currant work crisis it fits right in but what a shame for everyone that was celebrating the engagement of two of their work mates only to return to work the following day to be told there bakery is closing

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Poor Owen having his car repossessed just as the redundancy arrives but asking everyone to invest their redundancy to buy the bakery was a big ask and if only Rob knew his partner Sarah had slept with Owen before he warned him off and invest in the bakery

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Rob now knows Sarah had slept with Owen and is now threatening to pull his investment in the bakery out and with out his investment they would close but what a place to end the first season

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Rich's birthday surprise at the factory was amusing with the flour and custard pie and I'm surprised Rob came back after six weeks with his investment still in the bakery but with one of their suppliers closing down owing a lot of money it's not looking good

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That was crafty of Rob after loosing a 33.3% of their business to try and turn the worker against each other by suggesting if they could do more than one job they could get rid of some staff rather than working part time, Sarah idea about using the business buying power to help save the workers some money was cleaver but Rich and Shelley's budget stag and hen nights was priceless until the fight

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Elen and Nathan being caught with their tops off was amusing and considering their financial problems Rich seems happy that Shelley is pregnant but Rob does seem to have is own plan to buy the bakery himself which is bound to cause trouble and it's starting to look like he is doing it to teach Owen and Sarah a lesson but Pete's word made him think twice and he walked away