Lost Boys and Fairies writer proud of adoption drama 6 hours ago Nicola Bryan , BBC News Share BBC Writer Daf James says his bilingual drama about a same-sex couple adopting feels like a "massive triumph" When Daf James and his husband adopted two young children, he found the experience so profound he "couldn't not write about it". "It felt very dramatic, it felt insane, it felt beautiful, extraordinary, remarkable..
. it was such a complex well of emotions," he said. The result is three-part BBC One drama Lost Boys and Fairies.
The fictional tale inspired by his real-life experience is billed as a tender, glittering story of "queer" club performer Gabriel and his partner Andy's journey to adoption. Kirsten McTernan Daf James is a playwright, screenwriter, composer and performer Filmed in and around Cardiff with some characters speaking both English and Welsh, the drama could not mean more to James, a Welsh speaker. "It's not only a queer story.
.. it is a bilingual show on primetime BBC One," he said.
"That's a massive triumph not just for me personally but also for the BBC." Eight years ago James and his husband adopted two children under the age of six and have since adopted a third. "When anyone becomes a parent their life changes drastically and dramatically, but when you're a parent to adopted children and two arrive at the same time and they have lived through early life trauma.
.. it's parenting plus," he said.
James's mother had died less than a year before he became a .