 In May 2014 he appeared as Organ Morgan with Tom Jones and Katherine Jenkins in Kevin Allen's BBC centenary production of "Under Milk Wood" by Dylan Thomas.Hughes has also appeared as Tom Howells in the Welsh thriller television series "Keeping Faith" (2017) and as builder Bill Thornhill – an old rival of local villain Pat Phelan (Connor McIntyre) — in "Coronation Street" (2018).Hughes has run several marathons for charity, including for Bloodwise.