Doug is the editor of a local newspaper and he gives Siân every support with her career. He revels in the quiet life and enjoys gardening, but someone from the past brings him and Defi back together again.
Doug decides to change his lifestyle and stops drinking. He also admits to Siân that he loves her and they start a relationship.
Doug is drinking heavily and starts losing control of his life. His relationship with Judith comes to an end but his relationship with Siân develops.
Doug shares a flat with Defi in Cardiff but he's started drinking heavily. He get's along well with Siân and he does some work around the house in Pen Talar but he starts to see a woman who lives in a flat nearby in Cardiff.
Doug works as a successful journalist in Fleet Street and covers the strike in South Wales. His friendship with Defi has grown once again but there's a dark cloud on the horizon for him.
When we catch up with Douglas aged 27 his journalistic career is going from strength to strength, first working for the Mirror, then as a freelance journalist. His relationship with Defi has its ups and downs but his practical approach often comes to Defi's rescue. He has no family life, he's married to his job.
Now 22, Douglas has joined the local paper in Carmarthen as a reporter. He is enjoying his new found financial independence and loves showing off his new car to his student friend Defi. They are still in contact but there's distance growing between the two friends.
Douglas is 17, he's bolder now. He has discovered girls - with a vengeance! - and has an effortless confidence with them. Despite going to separate secondary schools, he and Defi's friendship is stronger than ever. Douglas is very pragmatic and has his feet firmly planted on the ground.
Douglas is 10. He lives in a council house with his alcoholic father Albert. His mother died a year ago.
He is wary of his father who has a violent temper in his drink. He is fairly independent and worldly wise. He is a scruffy boy and is seen as the naughty, rough kid by the "respectable" Rhydcaeau parishioners, but actually he is an honest, decent boy apart from a few youthful indiscretions.
When the time comes, he goes to the secondary modern, rather than the grammar school that that Defi attends. He obviously has some kudos amongst the village youth; he comes to Defi's rescue the first time we meet him, and will continue to do so for many years to come.
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