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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog

Gerran Howell (The Pitt) stars as Dylan Thomas in this Welsh classic, adapted by Joe Dunthorne (Submarine, Children of Radium).

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, Âé¶¹Éç Audio Drama Wales

Release date:

57 minutes

On radio

Sun 7 Jun 2026 15:00

Broadcast

  • Sun 7 Jun 2026 15:00

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