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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 ThomasAdapted by Joe DunthorneDylan Thomas… Gerran HowellAunt Annie/Gwyneth/ Mrs Evans/ Mother… Carys EleriUncle Jim/ Mr Thomas/ Mr Matthews/ Mr O’Brien… Ben AddisMrs Williams/ Mrs Thomas/ Mrs Franklin/ Female Stranger… Melanie WaltersDan Evans… Iwan DaviesLou/Jean/Nancy… Mia KhanBrazell/ Gwilym/ Older Sidney… Jacob IfanGeorge Hooping/ Barman… Gwïon Morris JonesSkully/ Chauffeur/ Male Stranger… Shaheen JafargholiYoung Dylan… Leon Raphael MullinsYoung Sidney…. Toby FoundsProduction Co-Ordinator… Eleri McAuliffeSound Design by Rhys MorrisProduced and directed by Fay Lomas, BBC Audio Drama Wales

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog

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 MortellEpisode 1 by Eno MfonCASTMo - Mohamed ElsandelElli - Maeve Courtier-LilleyOmar - Ali GoolyadMama - Alaa TahaAmna - Fatima SeedahmedThe Priest - Geraint MorganAlexa - Laura dos SantosWoman - Lisa GreenwoodFootball commentator - Ben CroweOriginal Music by Tom TrippOud Music by Nabra.Sound: Catherine Robinson and Rhys MorrisProduction Coordinators: Maggie Olgiati and Eleri McAuliffeScript consultant: Majid HassanDirector: John NortonA BBC Audio Drama Wales Production

The Courier Episode 1

A West-Country bromance starring Tobie Donovan and Olsen Elezi.Jordan, a Wilshire lad, and Artan, an Albanian guy, bond over cars and music. Soon they’re best friends. Brothers even.But when Jordan’s looking for a job and Artan offers to help out, they both find themselves drawn into something so much bigger than they ever realised.Story by Florence Espeut-Nickless and Tadgh Espeut-NicklessWritten by Florence Espeut-NicklessArtan ..… Olsen EleziJordan ..… Tobie DonovanVinnie ..… Nikolaos BrahimllariAlfie ..… Ed KearJade ..… Becky BrunningJasper ..… Joseph TweedaleDirected and produced by Jenny DaviesSound design by Catherine RobinsonProduction co-ordinator, Lindsay ReesExecutive producer, Fay LomasWith thanks to Tom BevanA BBC Audio Drama Wales Production

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