Drama of the Week

Returning to Swansea after the blitz, Dylan Thomas is overwhelmed by memories of his childhood and adolescence.

From summers at Fern Hill, to failed camping trips on the beach; from plagiarised poetry to drunken first love, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog is a story of what it is to grow up.

Comic, nostalgic, with a host of vivid characters, Dylan Thomas’s masterpiece is adapted by Joe Dunthorne (Submarine, Children of Radium) and stars Gerran Howell (The Pitt) as Dylan Thomas.

Based on the short stories by Dylan Thomas

Adapted by Joe Dunthorne

Dylan Thomas… Gerran Howell

Aunt Annie/Gwyneth/ Mrs Evans/ Mother… Carys Eleri

Uncle Jim/ Mr Thomas/ Mr Matthews/ Mr O’Brien… Ben Addis

Mrs Williams/ Mrs Thomas/ Mrs Franklin/ Female Stranger… Melanie Walters

Dan Evans… Iwan Davies

Lou/Jean/Nancy… Mia Khan

Brazell/ Gwilym/ Older Sidney… Jacob Ifan

George Hooping/ Barman… Gwïon Morris Jones

Skully/ Chauffeur/ Male Stranger… Shaheen Jafargholi

Young Dylan… Leon Raphael Mullins

Young Sidney…. Toby Founds

Production Co-Ordinator… Eleri McAuliffe

Sound Design by Rhys Morris

Produced and directed by Fay Lomas, BBC Audio Drama Wales

When Mo, a Sudanese delivery rider working in Cardiff enters a house to drop off two pizzas, he finds a dead body. Convinced that if he alerts the authorities he will either be suspected of murder or arrested for working illegally and deported, Mo flees the crime scene. When the murder is reported as a suicide, Mo can't stop thinking about the dead woman. He knows what he saw.

Series creators Eno Mfon and Darragh Mortell

Episode 1 by Eno Mfon

CAST

Mo - Mohamed Elsandel

Elli - Maeve Courtier-Lilley

Omar - Ali Goolyad

Mama - Alaa Taha

Amna - Fatima Seedahmed

The Priest - Geraint Morgan

Alexa - Laura dos Santos

Woman - Lisa Greenwood

Football commentator - Ben Crowe

Original Music by Tom Tripp

Oud Music by Nabra.

Sound: Catherine Robinson and Rhys Morris

Production Coordinators: Maggie Olgiati and Eleri McAuliffe

Script consultant: Majid Hassan

Director: John Norton

A BBC Audio Drama Wales Production