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After Milk Wood

Ruth Jones

Justine Willett

After Milk Wood: Episode 1: Polly Garter Was My Great Gran

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Episode 1: Polly Garter Was My Great Gran

Polly Garter Was My Great Gran

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By Ruth Jones. A celebration of a colourful life of love, inspired by Dylan Thomas.

By Ruth Jones. Inspired by Welsh writer Dylan Thomas, a celebration of a colourful life of love. Recorded at Laugharne.

In 'After Milk Wood', three acclaimed writers take their inspiration from Dylan Thomas's greatest work, 'Under Milk Wood'. The stories have been commissioned to commemorate the centenary of the birth of the great Welsh writer, Dylan Thomas, and were recorded at the Laugharne Festival in Wales.

Today Ruth Jones reads her own story, 'Polly Garter Was my Great Gran' - celebrating a colourful life of love.

The Reader is Ruth Jones - Ruth Jones is an acclaimed comedy actor and writer, known best for the BAFTA Award-winning series Gavin and Stacey which she co-wrote and starred in with James Corden. Jones was judged the Best Female Comedy Newcomer at the 2007 British Comedy Awards, and was also nominated for Best Television Comedy Actress. She received an MBE in 2014.
The producer is Justine Willett.

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Three stories written to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Dylan Thomas

Three stories written to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Dylan Thomas and which take their inspiration from his renowned work Under Milk Wood

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