But the two television series that really secured Portmeirion's place in the popular British imagination were 1960s sci-fi drama The Prisoner (with the village making an eerily jovial setting for the Kafkaesque story), and the more recent Cold Feet, the romantic comedy series whose final episode in 2003 turned Portmeirion into a popular wedding venue overnight.
Back in Barnsley and York that undoubted success story is cold comfort to two cash-strapped local councils paying millions for property they thought the taxpayer had already bought.
Despite some critics' concerns that this poignant film didn't portray John Nash 's real-life experiences honestly enough, there is no denying the artful manner in which Howard spins a tale that morphs from cold war drama to love storyand then into everybody's favorite liet-motif: Triumph in the face of adversity.
He provided his voice for WWE 13, which featured him as part of the Attitude Era story mode along with legends like Mick Foley and Stone Cold Steve Austin.