WHEN the writer of new BBC One series Lost Boys And Fairies needed inspiration to tell a story about the rollercoaster ride of adoption, he didn’t have to look far. Daf James is the Welsh creator of the three-parter, which starts tonight, and like the central characters he went through the intrusive, gruelling but rewarding process — and is now a happy father of three. But Lost Boys And Fairies is not an autobiography, it is a drama in its own right and one he hopes might have a unique outcome.
Daf said: “My job as a storyteller and a writer of a performance is to entertain and not to bore an audience. I take that role very seriously. “All the rest of the stuff is additional.
If I can make them think or laugh or cry as part of that entertainment, that would be an amazing thing. “But if this influences somebody to go away and adopt, it’s a win because there are hundreds of kids in the UK who need loving homes. That would be an absolute triumph.
“I would love it if that happens.” Daf knows how difficult the journey to becoming an adoptive parent can be after he and his husband worked with social services to form a family eight years ago. One of the things he wanted to focus on was his positive experience of social workers, particularly given how negatively they can often be portrayed.
Daf said: “I can only talk from the adoption perspective, but their job is to protect these children. “We go through a very, very rigorous process and everybody always asks us,.
