A TV programme to commemorate the 175th anniversary of the Newport Rising will not show footage filmed at a B&B where a woman was later brutally murdered.

Hollywood actor Michael Sheen and the BBC had filmed at the Sirhowy Arms Hotel in Argoed a few weeks before the death of 22-year-old Cerys Marie Yemm in November as part of Michael Sheen's Valleys Rebellion, which airs tomorrow.

Miss Yemm's killer, 34-year-old Matthew Williams, died in police custody after being tasered at the scene. It was alleged he was carrying out an act of cannibalism.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission is investigating the circumstances of his death.

Mandy Miles, the owner of the hotel, told the Argus that Sheen and the filming crew - who were looking at the hotel's role in the march from the Valleys to Newport in 1839 which ended in the shooting of Chartists outside the Westgate Hotel - had sent their condolences following the tragedy.

A BBC spokeswoman said the production team had decided against showing footage from the Sirhowy Arms in tomorrow's programme as they felt its inclusion would be “inappropriate” and would “take away from Michael’s message”.

Michael Sheen's Valleys Rebellion follows the Newport-born movie star on a personal journey to retrace the fateful march made by the Chartist rebels in 1839. As they arrived at the Westgate Hotel in Newport to demand parliamentary and social change, 22 men were shot by troops.

On his journey from the Heads of the Valleys, through Blaina and Tredegar, Sheen meets many people who feel powerless and frustrated with the political system.

The programme will also feature the Manic Street Preachers’ lead singer James Dean Bradfield, from Blackwood, who discusses growing up in the shadow of the 1980s miners’ strike.

Michael Sheen's Valleys Rebellion will be shown on BBC Two Wales at 9pm.