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Great British Railway Journeys

Series 12

Crewe to Shotton

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Four

Michael Portillo is in Crewe, a town steeped in railway history and immortalised in Victorian music hall, to investigate the making of the iconic cinema classic The Night Mail during the 1930s. Show more

Weatherman Walking

Dylan's Walks

Episode 2: New Quay and Laugharne

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Derek Brockway learns how New Quay on Cardigan Bay inspired some of Thomas's greatest work, before touring Laugharne with Dylan Thomas's granddaughter. Show more

Dame Sian Phillips looks back on Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood and her own experiences with the adaptions that have brought the celebrated ‘play for voices’ to cinema and television audiences. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Sian Phillips
Series Producer:
Simon Goretzki

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four

A unique production of Dylan Thomas's famous 'play for voices' enacted by a community of Welsh performers in New York, Los Angeles, London, Cardiff and Laugharne. Show more

Contributors

Captain Cat:
Tom Jones
New York Voice:
Matthew Rhys
Laugharne Voice:
Aimee-Ffion Edwards
Drowned and Willy Nilly:
Tom Rhys Harries
Drowned and Voice:
Karl Johnson
Drowned and Evans the Death:
Iwan Rheon
Drowned and Voice:
Aneurin Barnard
Rosie Probert:
Nia Roberts
Mog Edwards:
Ioan Gruffudd
Myfanwy Price:
Kimberley Nixon
Neighbour:
Sophie Evans
Neighbour:
Melanie Walters
Mrs Pugh:
Sian Phillips
Rev Eli Jenkins:
Bryn Terfel
Polly Garter:
Katherine Jenkins
Mrs Ogmore Pritchard:
Charlotte Church
Mr Ogmore:
Tom Ellis
Mr Pritchard:
Aneirin Hughes
Butcher Beynon:
Robert Pugh
Mrs Beynon:
Suzanne Packer
Lily Smalls:
Eve Myles
Mae Rose Cottage:
Alexandra Roach
Nogood Boyo:
Craig Roberts
Mary Ann Sailors:
Sharon Morgan
Dai Bread:
Owen Teale
Mrs Dai Bread One:
Di Botcher
Mrs Dai Bread Two:
Sian Thomas
Sinbad Sailors:
Jon Tregenna
Director:
Pip Broughton
Executive Producer:
Bethan Jones

Duration: 1 hour, 42 minutes

on BBC Four

Drama. When Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (Matthew Rhys) and his flirtatious wife Caitlin (Sienna Miller) sweep into war-torn London, they bump into Dylan's childhood sweetheart Vera. Show more

Contributors

Vera Phillips:
Keira Knightley
Caitlin Thomas:
Sienna Miller
William Killick:
Cillian Murphy
Dylan Thomas:
Matthew Rhys
Lieutenant Colonel David Talbot Rice:
Richard Dillane
Anthony Devas:
Alastair Mackenzie
Mr Justice Singleton:
Paul Brooke
Wilfred Hosgood:
Simon Armstrong
Sergeant:
Ben Batt
Alistair Graham:
Richard Clifford
Director:
John Maybury

Great British Railway Journeys

Series 12

Crewe to Shotton

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Four

Michael Portillo is in Crewe, a town steeped in railway history and immortalised in Victorian music hall, to investigate the making of the iconic cinema classic The Night Mail during the 1930s. Show more

Weatherman Walking

Dylan's Walks

Episode 2: New Quay and Laugharne

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Derek Brockway learns how New Quay on Cardigan Bay inspired some of Thomas's greatest work, before touring Laugharne with Dylan Thomas's granddaughter. Show more

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