Irvine Welsh Trust for social inclusion in Edinburgh. In "Crime", Ray Lennox (from Welsh's previous work, "Filth") is recovering from a mental breakdown induced by occupational stress and cocaine abuse, and a particularly horrifying child sex murder case back in Edinburgh. The story takes place in Florida. In 2012 Welsh published a prequel to "Trainspotting", titled "Skagboys". Set in Leith in the early 1980s, it introduces the "Trainspotting" characters and follows them as they fall into heroin addiction. Given as a series of linked short stories, the book is also interspersed with brief commentaries on contemporary British politics. In particular, the consequences
Barry Welsh is Coming theme. A special programme from the fictitious Fishguard Film Festival. This episode won a Bafta Cymru award for Best Light Entertainment. A St. David's Day special in which Barry Welsh searches for the truth behind the patron saint of Wales. Barry is joined by Gwyn, Mr. FFFF, Pete Baikie and Beca Evans (Pub Quiz) for a "live" Hogmany-style extravaganza as Wales counts down to midnight and the "Welshest day of the year", St. David's Day. The third St. David's Day special from the series in which Hugh Pugh provides his own personal account of ten thousand years of Welsh history.