 Several actors who played roles in the 1999 pilot High Hopes Saving  Private Ryan were replaced in the series. Also, the pilot was  broadcast all over the UK, but the series was only broadcast in  Wales. Keiron Self replaced Giles Thomas as PC Claude Cox, and  Charlie was previously played by David Rees Talbot, but in the  series, he was played by Ben Evans. Charlie and Hoffman were  previously acquaintanced with Fagin in the pilot, but only gradually  so in the series.