{"podcast":{"title":"Drama of the Week","slug":"drama-of-the-week-461208","podcast_index_feed_id":461208,"rss_url":"https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/p02nrv5m.rss","website_url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02nrv5m","image_url":"http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/3000x3000/p06png3n.jpg","author":"BBC","episode_count":2,"summary":"Every Friday we bring you a new drama from BBC Radio 4 or Radio 3. Exercise your imagination with some of the best writers and actors on radio. Storytelling at its very best.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-13T00:19:10.161675+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/drama-of-the-week-461208"},"episode":{"title":"Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog","slug":"portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-young-dog","published_at":"2026-06-12T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/drama-of-the-week-461208/portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-young-dog","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/drama-of-the-week-461208","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nr4fvv","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0nr4fj8.mp3","summary":"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","meta_description":"Returning to Swansea after the blitz, Dylan Thomas is overwhelmed by memories of his childhood and adolescence. From summers at Fern Hill, to failed campi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3417,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/drama-of-the-week-461208/episodes/portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-young-dog/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/drama-of-the-week-461208/portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-young-dog.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}