Podcasts about Under Milk Wood

Inspired by Dylan Thomas' "Under Milk Wood," "The Forever Wave" is a futuristic radio play set in a drowned San Francisco, circa 2070. What communities will emerge in a future where our systems have collapsed and “normal” is a historical relic?  Brought to vivid, auditory life by a multicultural, multigenerational, and multilingual cast of 12, “The Forever Wave” is a study in resilience, resourcefulness, and community. "If you survive the apocalypse,” one narrator asks, “don't you get to help build what comes after it?" Learn more at https://estrellasuerteproductions.com/forever-wave/.  Binge on all of our audio shows at atlantafringe.org/fringe-audio or wherever you enjoy podcasts.

Inspired by Dylan Thomas' "Under Milk Wood," "The Forever Wave" is a futuristic radio play set in a drowned San Francisco, circa 2070. What communities will emerge in a future where our systems have collapsed and “normal” is a historical relic? Brought to auditory life by a multicultural, multigenerational, and multilingual cast of 12, “The Forever Wave” is a study in resilience, resourcefulness, and community. "If you survive the apocalypse, don't you get to help build what comes after it?"  Bonus interview with writer/director Nicole Gluckstern, and Forever Wave map designer, Burrito Justice. Learn more at https://estrellasuerteproductions.com/forever-wave/.  Binge on all of our audio shows at atlantafringe.org/fringe-audio or wherever you enjoy podcasts.

Join us for Hammer's Hands of the Ripper, a 1971 British horror film released as the second half of a double feature with Twins of Evil. Directed by Peter Sasdy, produced by Aida Young, and written by L.W. Davidson from a story by Edward Spencer Shew. Making good use of the large Baker Street set at Pinewood Studios—left over from The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes—the production was denied permission to film its final scenes at St. Paul's Cathedral, so a replica was constructed instead. If the Pritchards' home and staircase look familiar, it's because Hammer's ever-resourceful set designers reused elements from The Curse of Frankenstein years earlier (see episode 2 of our podcast for more on that classic). Director Peter Sasdy, who cited Hands of the Ripper as his favourite film, also directed the original Adrian Mole TV series (both The Secret Diary and The Growing Pains), three episodes of Hammer House of Horror, and two other Hammer features: Countess Dracula and Taste the Blood of Dracula (the latter coming to the podcast later this year, hopefully). Most monumentally, he directed the legendary BBC sci-fi thriller The Stone Tape (definitely check General Witchfinders number 5—our third most popular episode to date!). Eric Porter stars as Doctor Pritchard. Renowned for his work in film, television, and theatre, he famously played Professor Moriarty opposite Jeremy Brett's Sherlock Holmes and Soames Forsyte in The Forsyte Saga. Angharad Rees plays Anna, the daughter of the Ripper. She appeared in Boon (take a drink), starred as Demelza in 28 episodes of Poldark, and, the year after Hands of the Ripper, featured in Under Milk Wood alongside Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, and Elizabeth Taylor. She was made a Fellow of the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, had a pub named after her in Pontypridd (sadly now a card shop), and founded a Knightsbridge jewellery company, Angharad. Pieces she designed were featured in Elizabeth: The Golden Age. Wikipedia also notes she was once in a relationship with Alan Bates, which we mention only to plug episode 35, where we talked about The Shout.Lynda "Nurse Gladys Emmanuel" Baron appears as Long Liz—a curious name choice considering Long Liz was an actual canonical Ripper victim. Here, she's depicted alive and well (at least initially), years after Saucy Jack's supposed demise. Baron appeared as a recurring character in both Coronation Street and EastEnders, and played three different characters in Doctor Who across three Doctors.Dora Bryan turns up as Mrs Golding, one of two clairvoyants in the film. You may know her from 50 episodes of Last of the Summer Wine, Boon (drink), or as Helen in A Taste of Honey (written by Jon's mum's mate Shelagh Delaney). She (Dora, not Shelagh) also appeared in both a Carry On and a St Trinian's.Lastly, Norman Bird pops up as the Police Inspector. If he looks familiar, it's because he had over 200 TV and 60 film roles. He was in Spywatch (as Mr Jenkins), Boon (drink), Woof!, Whack-O!, and Help! (with Stephen Mangan). He also did a stint in Jim Davidson's Up the Elephant and Round the Castle—only mentioned because Ross was convinced it was alongside Marina Sirtis, but IMDb says she was in just one episode?Anyway, back to Norman Bird. He appeared in The Adventure Game, Whistle Down the Wind, Steptoe and Son, Fawlty Towers, Please Sir!, and The Medusa Touch (on our long list since day one). He was Mr Braithwaite, the farmer, in Worzel Gummidge and voiced Bilbo in the 1978 Ralph Bakshi Lord of the Rings. Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/general-witchfinders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

8 more 70's movie reviews in the can, and they are
1. (A Late Liz 1971) Campy “god can stop yer drinking” movie, that made me an even bigger fan of Anne Baxter. I want her to blow into many of my life's situations and read the room.
2. (A New Leaf 1971) Elaine May stars and directs this dark comedy classic. Even in 73 Walter Matthau was gettin too old for this shit. This is quite good, but he's better as a tipsy baseball coach.
3.(Under Milk Wood 1971) What the heck is this arty poetry stuff, More Elizabeth Taylor please.
4.(Murder on the Orient Express 1974) Agatha Christie murder mystery book is put on film by director Sidney Lumet in the most competent way ever, in my opinion. One of those films where every actor is here.
5.(Apple Pie 1975)New York arty guy wants more than 5 bux for walkin around money from his parents, what ever shall he do.
6.(Our Winning Season 1978) 3 teens in high school try to figure out and work towards their hopes and dreams only to run face first into patriarchy and the Vietnam war draft.
7.(The Shout 1978) Alien in the tummy guy, Dr. Frankerfurter, Superman's Mom, and Alan Bates star in this movie that is weird. Also the “Shout” itself is quite loud.
8.(Fatso 1980) Ann Bancroft writes and directs this one. Dom Deluise is trying to find love and Health in a cruel harsh world. 
Hey friends hang in there please.
As always thanks for listening.

In this festive episode, we celebrate the holiday spirit with classic literary readings from Dylan Thomas and Charles Dickens. Experience the magic of Thomas's "A Child's Christmas in Wales," a nostalgic and whimsical reflection on Christmas past, and dive into Dickens's "A Christmas Carol," a timeless tale of redemption and social critique. Join host Jack Eidt as we journey through these beloved works, capturing the essence of Christmases past and the hope for future celebrations. We include clips from Dylan Thomas: A Child's Christmas In Wales: https://youtu.be/zFSs2IdDmuU Recorded Feb 1952 in Steinway Hall in New York City A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas: https://youtu.be/vT3skWqpUMA?si=12kYQhqExUsN8rsx Author: Charles Dickens, This was produced by the Mormon Channel, Created in 2015. For an extended interview and other benefits, become an EcoJustice Radio patron at https://www.patreon.com/ecojusticeradio Thanks to Janet Sager Knott for the recommendation on the tradition behind Dylan Thomas' Christmas reading. Dylan Marlais Thomas (1914 - 1953) was a popular poet writing in English, and from Swansea, Wales. He is famous for his acutely lyrical and emotional poetry, as well as his turbulent personal life. The originality of his work makes categorization difficult. His works include the poems "Do not go gentle into that good night" and "And death shall have no dominion", as well as the "play for voices" Under Milk Wood. He also wrote stories and radio broadcasts such as the piece we share today, A Child's Christmas in Wales, as well as Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog. Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870) was an English novelist, journalist, short story writer and social critic. He created some of literature's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His notable works include the piece we excerpt today, "A Christmas Carol," as well as "Oliver Twist," and "Great Expectations," all still quite popular today. Jack Eidt is an urban planner, environmental journalist, and climate organizer, as well as award-winning fiction writer. He is Co-Founder of SoCal 350 Climate Action and Executive Producer of EcoJustice Radio. He writes a column on PBS SoCal called High & Dry [https://www.pbssocal.org/people/high-dry]. He is also Founder and Publisher of WilderUtopia [https://wilderutopia.com], a website dedicated to the question of Earth sustainability, finding society-level solutions to environmental, community, economic, transportation and energy needs. Podcast Website: http://ecojusticeradio.org/ Podcast Blog: https://www.wilderutopia.com/category/ecojustice-radio/ Support the Podcast: Patreon https://www.patreon.com/ecojusticeradio PayPal https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=LBGXTRM292TFC&source=url Executive Producer and Host: Jack Eidt Engineer and Original Music: Blake Quake Beats Episode 242 Photo credit: Prawny from Pixabay

Artist and illustrator BONNIE HAWKINS picks the five tracks she will meet in Hell. Her latest exhibition, a series of illustrations based on Dylan Thomas's 1954 'play for voices' Under Milk Wood, is currently touring Wales, and is soon to be published alongside the play text.We talked about the feminist credentials of a certain pop group, found out about how a chance virtual encounter led Bonnie to a career in illustration, and Alex gave us a thrilling Rick Wakeman anecdote.You can see Bonnie's work, find out about her exhibition, and pre-order Under Milk Wood by going here.Head to patreon.com/hellishpod to access episodes early and ad free, where you will find out which artists our guests will meet in Hell. You'll also get our two pilot episodes, and a bunch of other stuff depending which tier you pick - including the chance to come and work for Hell's H.R. department!If you just want to be nice/bribe your way out of Hell then you can also tip us over at ko-fi.com/hellishpodHellish now has a bookshop, where you can get books written by our guests, and a choice selection of Hell literature. Help us out by ordering from us!Find us on Spotify to hear the songs on Bonnie's Infernal Playlist in full, as well as the Ultimate Infernal Playlist which combines all our guests' choices.You can find us/beg for absolution on social media...Instagram: www.instagram.com/hellish_podFacebook: www.facebook.com/hellishpodcastBlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/hellishpod.comTwitter: www.twitter.com/hellishpodTikTok: www.tiktok.com/hellishpod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Liam McCarthy, Gillian Fenton, and Renata McDonnell join Joe to discuss the rehearsed reading of Dyan Thomas's Under Milk Wood, which is taking place at the Belltable Theatre to fundraise for the GAFF. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's episode is with Fleur Snow, Director and co-host, Jeremy Boulton. Fleur Snow is a stage director and musician from West Wales. For the 2023-2024 season, she is resident staff director in St Gallen, Switzerland, and she will take up her next position in the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, Munich from September 2024. She is an organist and speaks English, Welsh, French, Italian, and German. As a director, recent projects have focused on contemporary opera and historical gesture. These include adaptations of Oscar Wilde's The Duchess of Padua (The Space, London), Jamila Gavin's Coram Boy (Atmospheres, RWCMD) and Dido and Aeneas (RWCMD). Other credits include Julia Plaut's new opera for children, The Y Knot (The Croft, Cardiff); a digital adaptation of Julius Caesar; Ristorante Don Alfonso; Postgraduate Scenes (RWCMD); and Under Milk Wood at Brasenose College. Fleur works in the UK and internationally as an assistant director. This year at St Gallen, Fleur was assistant director for Les Misérables (Josef Köpplinger), Ernani (Barbora Horáková) and Lili Elbe (Krystian Lada). Further afield, Fleur assisted on Evgenij Onegin (Julien Chavaz) at Teatro Massimo, Palermo; Gianni Schicchi (Damon Nestor Ploumis) at Alden-Biesen, Belgium; and the Swedish première of Du Är Min Nu (Gérard Watkins) in the Göteborgs Stadsteater as a 2023 European Theatre Convention Scholar. At home in the UK, she has worked with Welsh National Opera on Migrations (Sir David Pountney), Opera Holland Park for La Bohème (Natascha Metherell), and West Green House Opera for L'Elisir d'Amore (Victoria Newlyn). https://fleursnow.co.uk/ -- Hosted by Jessica Harper (soprano) & Jeremy Boulton (baritone), 'So You Think You Can Belto?' was created to empower emerging operatic practitioners across Australia and the world with access to the direct knowledge and relayed experiences of professionals. It aims to help inform emerging artists by holding a mirror to the opera system so that artists can make their own individually-informed decisions about auditions, competitions, engagements, and more. You'll hear everything from in-depth artist interviews, to long form panel discussions on topics concerning emerging artists. BUY JESSICA A COFFEE: ⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/32TKWJ6EQ7G8N⁠⁠ TWITTER: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠twitter.com/sytycanbelto⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ FACEBOOK: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠facebook.com/soyouthinkyoucanbelto⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ INSTAGRAM: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/soyouthinkyoucanbelto⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ HASHTAG: #SoYouThinkYouCanBelto JESSICA: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠jessicaharpersoprano.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ JEREMY : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠jeremyboulton.com.au⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed are solely those of the individuals that appear on the program, not the views of the organisations that they are employed by, nor who they represent in other capacities.

Guy Masterson, one of the most well-known and well-respected theatre producers on the Edinburgh Fringe, this year celebrates his thirtieth consecutive festival season. However, he has announced that this is also to be his last festival visit as a producer. BTG Editor David Chadderton spoke to Guy just after the first performance of one of the shows in his programme for this year about producing nearly 150 shows over three decades, the trials and joys of producing, writing, directing and performing at the Fringe and his decision to stop producing shows there. In Guy's programme for this year's Fringe, Making Marx and Victor's Victoria both run at the Assembly Rooms from 1 to 26 August 2024 each day at 11:35AM and 8:30PM respectively. Guy's solo shows Under Milk Wood and Animal Farm are both at Pleasance at EICC at 6PM, the first on 14 August and the second on 18 August. For more information about Guy and his work, past, present and future, see the Theatre Tours International web site.

The grandfather of British Pop Art, Sir Peter Blake is one of most influential and popular artists of his generation. A Royal Academician with work in the national collection, including Tate and the National Portrait Gallery, he is renowned for paintings and collages that borrow imagery from advertising, cinema and music. Having created The Beatles' Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band sleeve in 1967 he became the go-to album designer for other musical artists including The Who, Paul Weller, Madness and Oasis. He was knighted for services to art in 2002.Sir Peter tells John Wilson how, after a working class upbringing in Dartford, Kent, he won a place at the Royal College of Art alongside fellow students Bridget Riley and Frank Auerbach. He recalls being influenced by early American pop artists including Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg, and how he began making art inspired by everyday popular imagery. He chooses Dylan Thomas's 1954 radio play Under Milk Wood as a work which captivated his imagination and later inspired a series of his artworks based on the characters, and also cites Max Miller, the music hall artist known as 'the Cheeky Chappie'; as a creative influence. Sir Peter remembers how he made the iconic Sgt Pepper sleeve using waxwork dummies and life size cut-out figures depicting well-known people chosen by Peter and The Beatles themselves. Producer: Edwina PitmanArchive used: Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas, performed by Richard Burton, BBC Third Programme, 25 Jan 1954 Max Miller, introduced by Wilfred Pickles at the Festival of Variety, BBC Light Programme, 6 May 1951 Max Miller archive from Celebration, The Cheeky Chappie, BBC Radio 4, 3 July 1974 Monitor: 89: Pop Goes The Easel, BBC1, 25 March 1962 Peter Blake: Work in Progress, BBC2, 21 February 1983 Newsnight, BBC2, 7 February 1983 Ian Dury, Peter the Painter

To celebrate Dylan Thomas Day 2024 we're delighted to share this recording of our recent event with award-winning songwriter, author and broadcaster Cerys Matthews. The evening also featured live music from Flora Hibberd and her band, including a brand new song composed for this evening. Enjoy!More from Cerys Matthews:Out of Chaos Comes Bliss: https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/books/out-of-chaos-comes-blissUnder Milk Wood: https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/books/cerys-matthews-under-milk-woodTwitter: https://twitter.com/cerysmatthewsMore from Flora Hibberd:Bandcamp: https://flora-hibberd.bandcamp.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/florahibberd/Twitter: https://twitter.com/FloraHibberd*Cerys Matthews currently hosts and programmes award winning radio shows on BBC 6 music, BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 4; the Prix Italia and Prix Europa winning ‘Add to Playlist'.'Where the Wild Cooks Go' was published by Penguin- it's an acclaimed ‘folk' cook book which celebrates recipes, music, poetry, proverbs and history across 15 countries, and, again on Penguin, her singalong book - ‘Hook, Line and Singer', was a Sunday Times bestseller. She's been collecting music and poems since she was a child growing up in South Wales and received an MBE and St David award for her services to culture. Cerys was a founder member of million selling band Catatonia, is a vice-president for Shelter, president of CPRW, The Welsh Countryside Charity and patron of the Dylan Thomas Society and Ballet Cymru.Flora Hibberd was born in London. In 2022 she signed with American label 22Twenty, and in 2023 recorded her first studio album in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, with producer Shane Leonard and longtime collaborator Victor Claass. The album, 'Swirl', will be released in 2024. She lives in Paris.Adam Biles is Literary Director at Shakespeare and Company. His latest novel, Beasts of England, a sequel of sorts to Animal Farm, is available now. Buy a signed copy here: https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/books/beasts-of-englandListen to Alex Freiman's latest EP, In The Beginning: https://open.spotify.com/album/5iZYPMCUnG7xiCtsFCBlVa?si=h5x3FK1URq6SwH9Kb_SO3w Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

20240507 Movie Night-Under Milk Wood Originally Broadcasted May 7, 2024, on ACB Media 5   Arizona Theatre Matters presented Dylan Thomas' Under Milk Wood. This was a YouTube theatre production with audio description.   Sponsored by: Arizona Theatre Matters

Damien Ryan is managing director and artistic director of Sport for Jove Theatre Company, now in its twelfth year, where he has directed more than 30 productions, written and developed three new works and adapted over a dozen plays.  The company has a comprehensive education program developed by Damien, and works with tens of thousands of Australian students annually at secondary and tertiary levels. Damien has worked extensively with Shakespeare, performing in or directing over 70 productions in Australia and overseas, and has worked as actor, director and writer across Australia's major companies including STC, MTC, Bell Shakespeare, Belvoir, Sydney Festival, Canberra Theatre Centre, Brisbane Festival and Queensland Theatre, and in the independent sector in Sydney.  Recent directing credits include, Venus & Adonis (a feature film), Romeo & Juliet, The Crucible, The Father, Hamlet, Henry V, Henry IV Parts 1&2, Romeo & Juliet, Rose Riot, Merchant of Venice, Antigone, Antony and Cleopatra, The River at the End of the Road, Cyrano de Bergerac, No End of Blame, Othello, The Tempest, Romeo & Juliet, Away, The Taming of the Shrew, Macbeth, Loves Labour's Lost, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Crucible, A Midsummer Night's Dream, All's Well That Ends Well, Twelfth Night, The Libertine, Look Back in Anger. Acting credits include Venus & Adonis, Othello, Romeo & Juliet, Life of Galileo, Twelfth Night, Nora; As You Like It, Antony and Cleopatra, Richard 3, Comedy of Errors, Hamlet; Crime and Punishment, Under Milk Wood; Mother Courage, Isolde and Tristan, Hamlet and King Lear.  Damien has two award-winning play adaptations (Antigone and Cyrano de Bergerac) published with Currency Press. From May 1st to June 1st, Sport for Jove's production of ISOLDE and TRISTAN plays the Old Fitz theatre in Sydney - and it is directed by today's featured guest - Damien Ryan. The STAGES podcast is available to access and subscribe from Spotify and Apple podcasts. Or from wherever you access your favourite podcasts. A conversation with creatives about craft and career. Follow socials on instagram (stagespodcast) and facebook (Stages).

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1143, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: An Arm Or A Leg. With Arm" Or A "Leg in quotation marks 1: 4-word term for Gen. McClellan's Union forces that guarded D.C. against invasion across a certain river. Army of the Potomac. 2: Assembled in the 1580s, it was commanded by Medina Sidonia. the Spanish Armada. 3: He's known for one-man shows like "Mambo Mouth" and for film roles like Chi Chi in "To Wong Foo...". John Leguizamo. 4: In 1913 a major exhibit of modern art was held at NYC's 69th Regiment one of these. an armory. 5: Chaps are a type of these protective outer garments. leggings. Round 2. Category: Stop The Presses! 1: A phone-hacking scandal forced this British tabloid to close in 2011. News of the World. 2: A kids magazine survey found out this fairy tends to leave girls about 25 cents more than boys. the tooth fairy. 3: A British paper claimed Prince Charles puts toothpaste in his nose to prevent this nocturnal noise. snoring. 4: People Magazine reported that Clint Black wears size 7 1/4 while Garth Brooks' is 7 5/8. a cowboy hat. 5: In 1992 she not only left her ministry but divorced her jailed husband. Tammy Faye Bakker. Round 3. Category: A Cy Of Relief. With Cy in quotation marks 1: If this monster of Greek mythology had an eye on you, that was all the eyes he had. Cyclops. 2: In 2004 this island nation joined the European Union. Cyprus. 3: Business and spin are types of this. a cycle. 4: This "Insane in the Brain" Latino hip-hop group was named after a street in L.A.. Cypress Hill. 5: Isn't that sweet? It's just short for cyclohexylsulfamate. Cyclamate. Round 4. Category: Dylan Thomas 1: The radio play "Under Milk Wood" is set in Llareggub in this U.K. country where Thomas was born. Wales. 2: Dylan may have died as a result of this activity, defined for a male in college as having 5 in a row. Binge drinking. 3: Thomas addressed the Blitz in "A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in" this city. London. 4: In "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night", the poet addresses this man. His father. 5: Dylan riffed on one of this author's titles in the book "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog". James Joyce. Round 5. Category: 3-Word Responses 1: Feathers flew in the business world in 1991 when a fast food chain slimmed down to 3 letters from this name. Kentucky Fried Chicken. 2: In 1737 Boston held its first parade celebrating what became this annual event. St. Patrick's Day. 3: This 2018 film had a wealth of talent that included Awkwafina, Gemma Chan and Lisa Lu. Crazy Rich Asians. 4: The Natl. Highway Traffic Safety Admin.'s family of these includes 50th percentile adult male and 6-year-old weighted child. crash test dummy. 5: This Elizabeth Gilbert title/set of commands spent 57 weeks as a No. 1 on the N.Y. Times paperback nonfiction bestseller list. Eat Pray Love. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/ AI Voices used

Singer, author and broadcaster Cerys Matthews brings Patrick into her River home in this special episode of The Chromologist. It's a joyous first meeting and the two discover they share a great love of mud colours, conch shells and the rich greens of the Welsh countryside. Cerys also shares the deep red colour of her Catatonia years. ‘It was a wide old word. A fiery red is always what I think about when I think of my youth,' she says, ‘And dark saturated red was also the colour of the St Fagan museum in Cardiff where I used to go for comfort in those years.' Cerys also shares her passion for the writing of Dylan Thomas and she gives Patrick a special narration of Under Milk Wood.Learn about the colours featured in each episode hereSee the colours of Cerys's life hereFollow Cerys on InstagramSign up to our newsletter for weekly inspirationFollow us on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gales es uno de los cuatro países que conforman el Reino Unido, junto con Inglaterra, Escocia e Irlanda del Norte. El galés es el idioma oficial de Gales, junto con el inglés. Aproximadamente el 20% de la población de Gales habla galés. Gales es conocido por su hermoso paisaje natural, que incluye montañas, colinas, valles y un extenso litoral. El Parque Nacional de Snowdonia es el parque nacional más grande de Gales y alberga la montaña más alta de Gales, el Monte Snowdon. Gales tiene más castillos por milla cuadrada que cualquier otro país del mundo. Se estima que hay alrededor de 600 castillos en Gales. El Día de San David es la festividad nacional de Gales y se celebra el 1 de marzo en honor a San David, el santo patrón de Gales. El rugby es el deporte nacional de Gales. El equipo nacional de rugby de Gales es conocido como los Dragones Rojos y ha ganado el Torneo de las Seis Naciones en varias ocasiones. Gales tiene una tradición musical rica. El Eisteddfod Nacional de Gales es un festival anual de música y poesía en galés que atrae a participantes de todo el país. El símbolo floral de Gales es el puerro. En el Día de San David, es común que los galeses lleven un puerro en la solapa en lugar de una rosa o un trébol. Gales es famoso por sus mitos y leyendas. La historia del Rey Arturo y los Caballeros de la Mesa Redonda está fuertemente asociada con Gales. La ciudad de Cardiff es la capital de Gales y cuenta con una gran cantidad de atracciones turísticas, incluido el estadio Millennium, que alberga eventos deportivos y conciertos. Gales tiene una costa impresionante que se extiende a lo largo de aproximadamente 1,200 kilómetros. Cuenta con hermosas playas, acantilados y bahías. El ferrocarril de Snowdon Mountain Railway en Gales es uno de los ferrocarriles de vapor más antiguos y famosos del mundo. Ofrece a los visitantes la oportunidad de ascender al Monte Snowdon en tren. El escritor galés más famoso es Dylan Thomas, conocido por su poesía y obras de teatro. Su trabajo más conocido es "Bajo la leche de madera" ("Under Milk Wood"). Gales alberga el puente colgante más largo de Gran Bretaña, el Puente Colgante de Menai, que conecta la isla de Anglesey con el resto de Gales. El dragón rojo es el símbolo nacional de Gales y se encuentra en la bandera nacional y en el escudo de armas. El Festival Nacional del Eisteddfod es el festival cultural más grande de Europa y se celebra anualmente en Gales. Atrae a miles de artistas y visitantes de todo el mundo. El Parque Nacional de Brecon Beacons en Gales es un destino popular para practicar senderismo, escalada y observación de estrellas debido a su cielo oscuro. Gales tiene una rica tradición literaria. El premio literario más prestigioso de Gales es el Premio Nacional de Eisteddfod de Literatura. Gales es conocido por su industria minera histórica. El carbón y otros minerales desempeñaron un papel importante en el desarrollo económico de la región

John M. Kennedy select Welsh Poets and Actors. Richard Burton recites "The Greatest Poem in the English Language", and "Do Not Go Gentle into that Goodnight", and "Poem in October"; these last two poems were written by Dylan Thomas, as who also recites his own poem: "And Death Shall Have No Dominion". At the beginning of the episode, Michael Sheen, interpret the first lines of the play "Under Milk Wood" also written by Dylan Thomas. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-kennedy98/message

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1012, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: A Gusty Move 1: Even the greatest golfers fear the notorious swirling wind at the 12th hole of this home course of The Masters. Augusta. 2: In a 2005 game at Soldier Field, wind blew a 49ers' field goal wide, and this team's Nathan Vasher returned it 108 yards. the Bears. 3: On a sailboat, an order to do this means it's time to lower sails to reduce the wind pressure, not time to run onto coral. reef. 4: In 1965 this MLB team was accused of using its new dome's air conditioning to blow balls out when the home team was batting. the Astros. 5: A 2016 bike race in Spain was called off after wind stopped this, the name for a group of riders, in its tracks and pushed some backwards. peloton. Round 2. Category: The Un Category. With Un in quotation marks 1: In the mid 1800s its stops were "stations" and its workers were called "conductors". the Underground Railroad. 2: Among other places, "he" is buried under the Arc de Triomphe, in Westminster Abbey and at Arlington. the Unknown Soldier. 3: Though often misquoted, these are the kinds of "rights" the Declaration of Independence guarantees. unalienable rights. 4: They were called this because they used to write their names at the bottom of insurance contracts. underwriters. 5: Dylan Thomas' radio play about a day in the life of the Welsh villagers of Llareggub. Under Milk Wood. Round 3. Category: Indy 500 1: In 1992, five years after his father won, this junior guy, Little Al, won the race by its closest margin, less than a car length. Al Unser Jr.. 2: The first woman to lead a lap in the race was the 2005 Rookie of the Year, this driver. (Danica) Patrick. 3: After a scary 2017 crash, both men walked away, thanks in part to the HANS device; the acronym HANS refers to these two body parts. head and neck. 4: This nickname for the Speedway comes from the material on the track; most of it has been covered over. the Brickyard. 5: These famous four words that open the race were amended when Janet Guthrie became the first woman Indy driver. Gentlemen, start your engines. Round 4. Category: Who You Gonna Call? 1: If you've lost this credit card, call 1-800-847-2911 (really the card's name followed by 911). Visa. 2: Sending flowers? Call 1-800-SEND-this 3-letter company founded in 1910. FTD. 3: A "colorful" low-cost airline has the phone number 1-800-JET-this. BLUE. 4: To reach this government service, call 1-800-829-1040. the IRS. 5: A "Fifth Avenue" store is also available at 1-877-551-this. SAKS. Round 5. Category: Works Of Art 1: An 1871 painting of an old woman in a long black dress, sitting in a chair. Whistler's Mother. 2: A statue of the Madonna with the dead Christ in her arms. Pietà. 3: A 1920 painting of a grim-faced couple with a pitchfork, standing in front of a farmhouse. American Gothic. 4: An 1889 painting of a sky of blue and yellow swirling over a small village. Starry Night. 5: An 1880 statue of a naked man with his arm on his knee and his chin resting on his hand. The Thinker. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia! Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/

Dylan Thomas galt als begnadeter Dichter und "Enfant terrible" der Literaturszene. In seinem bekanntesten Werk "Unter dem Milchwald" (Under Milk Wood) beschreibt der walisische Nationaldichter lautmalerisch und wortgewaltig das Leben und die Menschen in einem kleinen Fantasieort. In seiner literarischen Reportage hat der Autor mit der Tochter von Dylan Thomas, mit Künstlern, Literaturwissenschaftlern und mit Menschen aus seinem Heimatort Swansea gesprochen. Gesprochen von: Reinhart von Stolzmann, Matthias Ponnier, Axel Gottschick, Brigitta Assheuer, Hanns Jörg Krumpholz Autor: Michael Marek Regie: Burkhard Schmid Ton: Helmut Becker Redaktion: Joachim Dicks Produktion: Hessischer Rundfunk 2006

Join Maria Lovelady & Michael Alan-Bailey as they chat to director, actor and all-round theatrical genius Guy Masterson ahead of his upcoming run of 'Under Milk Wood' at one of our favourite haunts, Wiltons Music Hall . Our duo discuss all things Dylan Thomas with Guy along with unearthing stories about his other Olivier-nominated and winning triumphs 'The Shark is Broken', 'Twelve Angry Men' and 'Morecambe'. We also chat intimately about Guy's uncle, none other than Richard Burton, and how a road trip together before Burton's death inspired Guy's career. As a bonus, you will even discover what Elizabeth Taylor had hanging on her walls. Have a listen to find out… Buy Tickets for Under Milk Wood here: https://wiltons.org.uk/whatson/789-under-milk-wood Links to 'Twice Nightly' show tickets: LIVERPOOL - Royal Court - Studio Thu 27 - Sat 29 April - 2.30pm/7.30pm www.liverpoolsroyalcourt.com PRESCOT - Shakespeare North Playhouse Sat 6 (2/6pm) - Sun 7 May (4pm) https://shakespearenorthplayhouse.co.uk/event/twice-nightly/ BRIDGNORTH - Theatre On The Steps Fri 12 May – 7.30pm www.theatreonthesteps.co.uk WIRRAL - The Gladstone Theatre Sat 20 May – 7.30pm www.gladstonetheatre.org.uk BLACKPOOL - The Blackpool Grand Sat 27 May - 2.30/7.30 https://www.blackpoolgrand.co.uk/event/twice-nightly Appear on the show and leave us a voice message at https://www.speakpipe.com/TwiceNightlyThePodcast Get in touch - twicenightlythepodcast@gmail.com IG - twicenightlytheatrepodcast TikTok- twicenightlypodcast Twitter - @twicenightlypod Facebook - Twice Nightly: The Podcast Brought to you by Frame This Presents...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 804, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: the "un" category 1: In the mid 1800s its stops were "stations" and its workers were called "conductors". the Underground Railroad. 2: Among other places, "he" is buried under the Arc de Triomphe, in Westminster Abbey and at Arlington. the Unknown Soldier. 3: Though often misquoted, these are the kinds of "rights" the Declaration of Independence guarantees. unalienable rights. 4: They were called this because they used to write their names at the bottom of insurance contracts. underwriters. 5: Dylan Thomas' radio play about a day in the life of the Welsh villagers of Llareggub. Under Milk Wood. Round 2. Category: forbes' fictional billionaires 1: Topping the list is this North Pole resident with apparently unlimited, incalculable wealth. Santa Claus. 2: $1 billion is the total for this fictional billionaire, Homer Simpson's boss. C. Montgomery Burns. 3: This candy magnate from a Roald Dahl novel hoards a sweet $8 billion. Willy Wonka. 4: This "Gilligan's Island" tycoon washes ashore with $8 billion. Thurston Howell III. 5: A James Bond villain, he's worth an estimated $1.2 billion. Auric Goldfinger. Round 3. Category: famous sailors 1: Most collections of "The Arabian Nights" include the tale of this "sailor". Sinbad. 2: The word odyssey, meaning a long, adventurous voyage, comes from the name of this sailor. Odysseus. 3: In 1947 he sailed the Kon-Tiki from Peru to the Tuamotu Islands in the South Pacific. Thor Heyerdahl. 4: This Atlanta media mogul is famous for riding the waves as well as the airwaves. Ted Turner. 5: In 1841 this American author signed on as a seaman aboard the whaler Acushnet. Melville. Round 4. Category: national landmarks 1: The dome of this Washington, D.C. building was topped with the Statue of Freedom in 1863. Capitol Building. 2: The only mountain in Colorado that's been designated a national landmark. Pikes Peak. 3: Officially this St. Louis landmark's name is the Jefferson Nat'l Expansion Memorial. the St. Louis Arch (Gateway Arch). 4: Tho Washington took the oath of office there, this city's Federal Hall was sold for salvage in 1812. New York. 5: Much of this village, site of Lee's surrender to Grant, has been restored to its 1865 appearance. Appomattox Court House. Round 5. Category: salute to labor 1: Promising more assertiveness, John Sweeney was elected president of this labor federation in 1995. AFL-CIO. 2: In 1969 the brakemen, firemen and switchmen on these were "tied" together in one union. railroads. 3: OCAW is the union of oil, chemical and these workers; let's hope Homer Simpson's not a member. Nuclear/Atomic Workers. 4: This worker may be found on an airplane or as a union representative on a shop floor. Steward. 5: In 1995 the Int'l Association of Machinists staged a 69-day strike against this Seattle-based company. Boeing. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia! Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/

7e émission de la 55e session...Cette semaine, cool jazz, postbop et jazz moderne! En musique: The Stan Tracey Quartet sur l'album Jazz Suite (Inspired By Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood)  (Columbia, 1965); Hank Mobley sur l'album A Slice of the Top  (Blue Note, 1979, enr. 1966); Stafford James sur l'album Jazz a Confronto 26  (Horo, 1976); Aaron Seeber sur l'album First Move  (Cellar Live, 2022); Christoph Irniger Pilgrim sur l'album Ghost Cat  (Intakt, 2023); Jacques Kuba Séguin sur l'album Parfum No. 1  (ODD Sound, 2023); Piotr Szlempo Quintet sur l'album Polish Pentagon  (Indépendant, 2022)...

Cerys Matthews shares her love of nature, music and poetry on a wonderful walk in Kew Gardens with our own Margaret Bartlett. Cerys reveals her deep love from the words of Dylan Thomas and her own retelling of his great work, Under Milk Wood, for children.You can hear Cerys on BBC Radio 6 every Sunday from 10am. Catch up on previous episodes on BBC Sounds. This is episode 5 of season 15 of the Plodcast: Mindful Walks in Nature. Contact the Plodcast team and send your sound recordings of the countryside to: editor@countryfile.com. If read out on the show, you could WIN a Plodcast Postbag prize of a wildlife- or countryside-themed book chosen by the team.Visit the Countryfile Magazine website: countryfile.comWrite to us:Plodcast, CountryfileEagle HouseBristol BS1 4ST Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The full and extraordinary story of “the Zelig-like” Cutler – poet, performer, broadcaster, playwright, surrealist, humorist – is mapped out in Bruce Lindsay's exceptional new book, ‘Ivor Cutler: A Life Outside the Living Room'. Most of us discovered him through the patronage of fans like John Peel – or first saw him as part of the Magical Mystery Tour cast – but this fascinating conversation covers the early years too, his time as a progressive schoolteacher, the formative influence of Kafka and the Goons, his big break into TV via Ned Sherrin and his immediate adoption by the counter-culture. Has there ever been anyone remotely like him before or since? At one point Bruce reads a section of Life In A Scotch Sitting Room - with its echoes of Under Milk Wood and Sir Henry At Rawlinson End - and there are tales of gruts for tea, his fear of noise, the time he left an overheated hotel room to sleep on a station platform and a Denmark Street agent weeing in a sink. Order Bruce's book here …https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ivor-Cutler-Outside-Sitting-Popular/dp/180050294X/ref=sr_1_6?qid=1671698453&refinements=p_27%3ABruce+Lindsay&s=books&sr=1-6 @bruce956Subscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for a whole world of extra and exclusive content, benefits and rewards!: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The full and extraordinary story of “the Zelig-like” Cutler – poet, performer, broadcaster, playwright, surrealist, humorist – is mapped out in Bruce Lindsay's exceptional new book, ‘Ivor Cutler: A Life Outside the Living Room'. Most of us discovered him through the patronage of fans like John Peel – or first saw him as part of the Magical Mystery Tour cast – but this fascinating conversation covers the early years too, his time as a progressive schoolteacher, the formative influence of Kafka and the Goons, his big break into TV via Ned Sherrin and his immediate adoption by the counter-culture. Has there ever been anyone remotely like him before or since? At one point Bruce reads a section of Life In A Scotch Sitting Room - with its echoes of Under Milk Wood and Sir Henry At Rawlinson End - and there are tales of gruts for tea, his fear of noise, the time he left an overheated hotel room to sleep on a station platform and a Denmark Street agent weeing in a sink. Order Bruce's book here …https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ivor-Cutler-Outside-Sitting-Popular/dp/180050294X/ref=sr_1_6?qid=1671698453&refinements=p_27%3ABruce+Lindsay&s=books&sr=1-6 @bruce956Subscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for a whole world of extra and exclusive content, benefits and rewards!: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The full and extraordinary story of “the Zelig-like” Cutler – poet, performer, broadcaster, playwright, surrealist, humorist – is mapped out in Bruce Lindsay's exceptional new book, ‘Ivor Cutler: A Life Outside the Living Room'. Most of us discovered him through the patronage of fans like John Peel – or first saw him as part of the Magical Mystery Tour cast – but this fascinating conversation covers the early years too, his time as a progressive schoolteacher, the formative influence of Kafka and the Goons, his big break into TV via Ned Sherrin and his immediate adoption by the counter-culture. Has there ever been anyone remotely like him before or since? At one point Bruce reads a section of Life In A Scotch Sitting Room - with its echoes of Under Milk Wood and Sir Henry At Rawlinson End - and there are tales of gruts for tea, his fear of noise, the time he left an overheated hotel room to sleep on a station platform and a Denmark Street agent weeing in a sink. Order Bruce's book here …https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ivor-Cutler-Outside-Sitting-Popular/dp/180050294X/ref=sr_1_6?qid=1671698453&refinements=p_27%3ABruce+Lindsay&s=books&sr=1-6 @bruce956Subscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for a whole world of extra and exclusive content, benefits and rewards!: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Under Milk Wood" des walisischen Autors Dylan Thomas über die Bewohner des kleinen Fischerdorfes Llareggub gehört wohl zu den berühmtesten Hörspielen der Rundfunkgeschichte. 1954 wurde es in der BBC das erste Mal gesendet, im selben Jahr schon in der Übersetzung von Erich Fried auch im NWDR. Jetzt hat sich der Dichter und Essayist Jan Wagner, geboren 1971 in Hamburg, an eine neue Übersetzung gemacht. Unter dem Titel "Unterm Milchwald. Ein Stück für Stimmen" ist eine zweisprachige Ausgabe bei Hanser erschienen. Mit Nadine Kreuzahler und Thomas Geiger spricht der Büchnerpreisträger Jan Wagner über seine Motivation für die Neuübersetzung, die besonderen Herausforderungen der Übertragung und sein Verhältnis zu Dylan Thomas.

In Episode 109, Gen and Jette discuss Pet by Akwaeke Emezi. We absolutely loved this one and are now planning on reading everything Emezi has written, including Bitter, the prequel story to Pet. Show Notes: This episode is in keeping with our annual December tradition of replacing a discussion about a certain series featuring a certain boy wizard in favour of queer, and especially trans, stories. Check out last year's discussion of A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee, and our episode on Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas from the year before that. The name of the poem by Dylan Thomas featuring the line "rage against the dying of the light" is called "Do not go gentle into that good night." Another poem that Gen loves is, "In my craft or sullen art." The radio play that she has yet to read is called Under Milk Wood. Emezi's novel You Made A Fool of Death with Your Beauty, their first romance, is partially inspired by Florence + The Machine's song "Hunger." That might be enough for us to give romance a try. Other Books by Akwaeke Emezi Bitter The Death Vivek Oji Freshwater You Made A Fool of Death with Your Beauty Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir Don't forget to follow us on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter or email us at hello@anotherbookontheshelf.com. We'd love to hear from you! Sign up for our newsletter and add us to Pinterest!

Under Milk Wood is one of the best known and loved creations of the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas. Now Cerys Matthews has adapted it for young readers - The 16th Waterford International Film Festival is currently underway with entries from all over the world, including ‘Dead Dog' by Joe Rooney - New albums by Stormzy, Anna Mieke and Damian O'Neill.

Her new illustrated adaptation of Under Milk Wood which is published this month.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the celebrated Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas (1914 - 1953). He wrote some of his best poems before he was twenty in the first half of his short, remarkable life, and was prolific in the second half too with poems such as those set in London under the Blitz and reworkings of his childhood in Swansea, and his famous radio play Under Milk Wood (performed after his death). He was ready widely and widely heard: with his reading tours in America and recordings of his works that sold in their hundreds of thousands after his death, he is credited with reviving the act of poetry as performance in the 20th century. With Nerys Williams Associate Professor of Poetry and Poetics at University College Dublin John Goodby Professor of Arts and Culture at Sheffield Hallam University And Leo Mellor The Roma Gill Fellow in English at Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge Producer: Simon Tillotson

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the celebrated Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas (1914 - 1953). He wrote some of his best poems before he was twenty in the first half of his short, remarkable life, and was prolific in the second half too with poems such as those set in London under the Blitz and reworkings of his childhood in Swansea, and his famous radio play Under Milk Wood (performed after his death). He was read widely and widely heard: with his reading tours in America and recordings of his works that sold in their hundreds of thousands after his death, he is credited with reviving the act of poetry as performance in the 20th century. With Nerys Williams Associate Professor of Poetry and Poetics at University College Dublin John Goodby Professor of Arts and Culture at Sheffield Hallam University And Leo Mellor The Roma Gill Fellow in English at Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge Producer: Simon Tillotson

The Aside Podcasts are a free resource supported by Drama Victoria - Australia's oldest Drama Association This is a Script Tease episode where we talk through some of the world's greatest plays. Jump through the major plot points, give some background and of course, spoil the endings – all in less than 5 minutes. We do the hard work so you can do the easy listening. In this episode, we do Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas for some great pronunciation go to : https://kinnareads.com/2011/04/21/21-days21-poems-from-under-milk-wood-by-dylan-thomas/ The plot and description for this episode was taken partly from Coursehero, Litcharts, and Wikipedia. Please feel free to email asidepodcast@outlook.com to ask a question. We will try answer on a future podcast.

In an illustrious career which included the longest-running comedy in the history of the West End, a hit film with Peter Sellers and Goldie Hawn, one of ITV’s most successful sitcoms of the 1970s, another of ITV’s most successful sitcoms of the 1980s, awards and fortunes, made and lost, my father, Terence Frisby regarded Kisses on a Postcard as the best thing he ever wrote. I couldn’t agree more. It has everything.Kisses began in 1988 as a radio play, Just Remember Two Things: It’s Not Fair And Don’t Be Late, a series of reminiscences about Dad’s experiences as an evacuee during World War Two. BBC Radio broadcast the play ten times, creating some sort of record, and it received the biggest audience response that anyone in the BBC Radio Drama department could remember. It won the Giles Cooper Award for Best Radio Play and was mentioned critically in the same breath as Under Milk Wood and Cider With Rosie. It was then optioned to be a film, where it got stuck in development hell for fifteen years, and the film was never made. Dad’s close friend Jeremy James Taylor, founder of the National Youth Musical Theatre, meanwhile, had been nagging him to turn it into a stage musical and a chance encounter on a golf course in 2002 was the catalyst. I’ve had the theatre shoved down my throat since an early age, but against all expectation this tiny community theatre project at the Queen’s Theatre, Barnstaple, North Devon, with mostly amateur performers, and a little known Welsh actor by the name of Derek Crewe in the main role, was the best thing I ever saw in the theatre. I remember saying to Dad at the time, even if nothing more ever happens with this, you can go to your grave knowing that no one else has ever done that to a room. We tried for many years to raise the three million pounds we needed to bring it to the West End, but then ran into the global financial crisis. I remember giving a presentation one evening in Mayfair at a billionaire’s club. There were more than 20 billionaires in the room. It was 6th of October 2008, the day the Icelandic banks went down. It was hard to secure their interest. Then in 2010 Bloomsbury, commissioned a book, which, as is the case with everyone who runs into this story, was loved by all who read it. In 2013 there was another production in Barnstaple, but again the West End producers didn’t come. My father died in April, 2020. Kisses on a Postcard is too special to remain just a script and a CD on a shelf. I did not have the means to turn it into a film or a stage show, but I did have the means to turn it into an audiobook and that is what I have done. Dad would have been more ruthless with the script than I have and kept it to two hours. I have let it run much longer. With good reason. This story will disarm you in the most unexpected ways. You will find yourself laughing and weeping at just what wonderful things the kindest of human beings can be. I hope you enjoy it. And if you do, please tell your friends. Thank you. Dominic Frisby.PS Order original Kisses on a Postcard CDs here. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kisses.substack.com

To begin at the beginning: David Loehr is back in the slow, black, crowblack, podcast-bobbing sea to discuss Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood (1954). Host John McCoy with David J. Loehr.

To begin at the beginning: David Loehr is back in the slow, black, crowblack, podcast-bobbing sea to discuss Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood (1954). John McCoy with David J. Loehr.

Edward, Amy, and Jessica round up the books that have been bringing them joy this year . . . ‘joy' veering very occasionally into malevolent glee, and Edward and Amy face off in a festive literary quiz.  The audiobooks (or plays!) bringing Edward joy  Under Milk Wood, Dylan Thomas  Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout  Right Ho, Jeeves, P.G. Wodehouse  The audiobooks bringing Amy joy  Short Stories by Roald Dahl, especially ‘The Way Up to Heaven'  Invisible Women, Caroline Criado Pérez  Anything by Caitlin Moran!  The Descent of Man, Grayson Perry   Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, Gail Honeyman   The Silver Linings Playbook, Matthew Quick  Crooked Heart, Lissa Evans  The Midnight Library, Matt Haig  A Streetcat Named Bob, James Bowen  The audiobooks bringing Jessica joy  Light a Penny Candle, Maeve Binchy  Circle of Friends, Maeve Binchy  The Frayed Atlantic Edge, David Gange (You can hear Jess's conversation with David in an earlier episode)  When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, Judith Kerr (You can hear Jess's conversation with narrator Helen Barford in an earlier episode)   Who Are We?  Edward Herring is Membership Support Officer at Listening Books. Amy Flinders is Publisher Relations Manager. And Jessica Stone is Audio Producer, and of course, host of The Listening Books Podcast.  For more information about Listening Books, whether you're interested in our Sound Learning initiative or our collaboration with PressPreader, head to www.listening-books.org.uk. To purchase a gift membership, go directly to https://www.listening-books.org.uk/gift-membership  We'd love to hear from you!  Here's a good place to review the podcast.  You can also give us a shout on Twitter: @ListeningBooks,  Or Instagram: @ListeningBooks,  Or Facebook,  And we also have some content on YouTube. 

This week, Steve and Dana are joined by New York Times columnist and Slate graduate Jamelle Bouie. First, the panel discusses Marvel's most recent big picture, Eternals—which Dana reviewed for Slate. Next, the panel gives an update on their feelings about HBO's hit TV show Succession, which is currently in its third season. Finally, the panel explores the controversy involving Critical Race Theory. In Slate Plus, the panel discusses Jamelle's new podcast Unclear and Present Danger. Email us at culturefest@slate.com. Endorsements Dana: Something small, but in hopes to find the entire thing: this 2 minute clip of Welsh actor Michael Sheen performing a segment of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas's drama Under Milk Wood. Jamelle: Norman Jewison's classic 1987 film Moonstruck, starring Cher and Nicolas Cage, which is currently in the Criterion Collection. Steve: A slightly odd endorsement of a book review. Peter Salmon's article for Prospect Magazine, titled “Boo to the Boo-Hurrahs: how four Oxford women transformed philosophy,” is a review of Benjamin J. B. Lipscomb's novel The Women Are Up to Something: How Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley, and Iris Murdoch Revolutionized Ethics. The book and review discuss the female-led movement to take on the male consensus in philosophy during the 1930s and ‘40s which saw the world as value free. Podcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Nadira Goffe. Outro music is “Self Made Woman” by Katharine Appleton. Slate Plus members get ad-free podcasts, a bonus segment in each episode of the Culture Gabfest, full access to Slate's journalism on Slate.com, and more. Sign up now at slate.com/cultureplus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Steve and Dana are joined by New York Times columnist and Slate graduate Jamelle Bouie. First, the panel discusses Marvel's most recent big picture, Eternals—which Dana reviewed for Slate. Next, the panel gives an update on their feelings about HBO's hit TV show Succession, which is currently in its third season. Finally, the panel explores the controversy involving Critical Race Theory. In Slate Plus, the panel discusses Jamelle's new podcast Unclear and Present Danger. Email us at culturefest@slate.com. Endorsements Dana: Something small, but in hopes to find the entire thing: this 2 minute clip of Welsh actor Michael Sheen performing a segment of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas's drama Under Milk Wood. Jamelle: Norman Jewison's classic 1987 film Moonstruck, starring Cher and Nicolas Cage, which is currently in the Criterion Collection. Steve: A slightly odd endorsement of a book review. Peter Salmon's article for Prospect Magazine, titled “Boo to the Boo-Hurrahs: how four Oxford women transformed philosophy,” is a review of Benjamin J. B. Lipscomb's novel The Women Are Up to Something: How Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley, and Iris Murdoch Revolutionized Ethics. The book and review discuss the female-led movement to take on the male consensus in philosophy during the 1930s and ‘40s which saw the world as value free. Podcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Nadira Goffe. Outro music is “Self Made Woman” by Katharine Appleton. Slate Plus members get ad-free podcasts, a bonus segment in each episode of the Culture Gabfest, full access to Slate's journalism on Slate.com, and more. Sign up now at slate.com/cultureplus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Steve and Dana are joined by New York Times columnist and Slate graduate Jamelle Bouie. First, the panel discusses Marvel's most recent big picture, Eternals—which Dana reviewed for Slate. Next, the panel gives an update on their feelings about HBO's hit TV show Succession, which is currently in its third season. Finally, the panel explores the controversy involving Critical Race Theory. In Slate Plus, the panel discusses Jamelle's new podcast Unclear and Present Danger. Email us at culturefest@slate.com. Endorsements Dana: Something small, but in hopes to find the entire thing: this 2 minute clip of Welsh actor Michael Sheen performing a segment of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas's drama Under Milk Wood. Jamelle: Norman Jewison's classic 1987 film Moonstruck, starring Cher and Nicolas Cage, which is currently in the Criterion Collection. Steve: A slightly odd endorsement of a book review. Peter Salmon's article for Prospect Magazine, titled “Boo to the Boo-Hurrahs: how four Oxford women transformed philosophy,” is a review of Benjamin J. B. Lipscomb's novel The Women Are Up to Something: How Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley, and Iris Murdoch Revolutionized Ethics. The book and review discuss the female-led movement to take on the male consensus in philosophy during the 1930s and ‘40s which saw the world as value free. Podcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Nadira Goffe. Outro music is “Self Made Woman” by Katharine Appleton. Slate Plus members get ad-free podcasts, a bonus segment in each episode of the Culture Gabfest, full access to Slate's journalism on Slate.com, and more. Sign up now at slate.com/cultureplus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ngak'chang Rinpoche speaks with Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo about his memoirs — from her readings of ‘an odd boy' Volume I. ‘an odd boy' has been described as Jack Kerouac's ‘On the Road' meets Dylan Thomas' ‘Under Milk Wood'. It's a portrait of the artist as a young man; a coming-of-age adventure set in the cultural ferment of the 1960s. A high-spirited escapade—humorous and poignant by turn—of an era when the arts set a generation's imagination on fire. https://aro-books-worldwide.org/shared/text/b/book_pb_05_an_odd_boy_v01_01_eng.php

After the cancellation of the 2020 Edinburgh Festivals due to the coronavirus pandemic, apart from a small number of online shows, the 2021 festivals are going ahead, with some shows happening in front of live audiences and some online. BTG Editor David Chadderton spoke to Fringe performer, writer, director and producer Guy Masterson, in Edinburgh to perform a cut-down version of his one-man Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas for his 27th year on the Fringe, about how different Edinburgh seems this year, as well as the damage caused to theatre by lockdown, even touching on the effects of Brexit on touring artists. Guy Masterson's shows tour regularly around the UK and internationally. The Shark is Broken will run at the Ambassador's Theatre in London from 9 October 2021 to 15 January 2022. For more information, see Theatre Tours International.

It's third time lucky for the National Theatre: it tried to re-open the Olivier, its largest auditorium, with The Death of England – Delroy in October. The first night was a triumph but, because of the lockdown, it was also the last night. Dick Whittington, the panto, was cancelled a fortnight before Christmas. But the Olivier sprang to life again this week with Under Milk Wood; Michael Sheen leading an almost entirely Welsh cast in Dylan Thomas's much-loved play for voices - the voices of the townsfolk of Llaregub, a small port by the fishingboatbobbing sea, as they dream and remember through the bible-black night. But in the NT's new production not all the words are provided by Dylan Thomas. There is additional material by playwright Siân Owen, which suggests director Lyndsey Turner is taking an original approach to this almost sacred text. John Wilson talks to Siân Owen to find out what she has added, and why. Film director Nick Broomfield discusses Last Man Standing: Suge Knight and the Murders of Biggie & Tupac, the sequel to his 2002 film Biggie and Tupac, which considered the background to the murder of two celebrated hip-hop artists and the rumoured involvement of the LAPD. Black TikTok creators are currently protesting the lack of credit they receive for the dance crazes they've generated by going on strike. Music journalist Jacqueline Springer explains why Black TikTokers are keeping their moves to themselves. Negative stereotypes of Essex man and Essex girls have been around since the Thatcher era but what do they mean today? We speak to Michael Landy about his new exhibition Welcome to Essex at Firstsite gallery in Colchester and Southend playwright Sadie Hasler about how they've been challenging Essex stereotypes in their work. Preseter: John Wilson Producer: Sarah Johnson

A Somali man arrested for murder in 1950s Cardiff inspired the latest novel from Nadifa Mohamed. She talks to Rana Mitter about uncovering this miscarriage of justice in a newspaper cutting with the headline, "Woman Weeps as Somali is Hanged". On stage at the National Theatre in London, Michael Sheen, Karl Johnson, and Siân Phillips lead the cast in a production of Under Milk Wood, so we look at the craft of Dylan Thomas's writing and talk to Siân Owen about her framing of the story for the National Theatre stage. And we hear about the links between art and community demonstrated by the Cardiff collective called Gentle/Radical who've been nominated for this year's Turner Prize, and look at the work on show in Artes Mundi 9 at the National Museum, Cardiff, Chapter Arts Centre, and g39. Nadifa Mohamed's novel, out now, is called The Fortune Men. You can find her discussing the writing life alongside Irenosen Okojie in the Free Thinking playlist called Prose and Poetry - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p047v6vh Under Milk Wood runs at the National Theatre in London from 16 June–24 July 2021. An exhibition of work by Gentle/Radical will be held at the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum in Coventry from 29 September 2021 - 12 January 2022, as part of the UK City of Culture 2021 celebrations. The Turner Prize winners will be announced on 1 December 2021. The Artes Mundi 9 Prize exhibition is now open at the National Museum Cardiff, Chapter Arts Centre, and g39 until 5 September. The prize winner is announced on 17 June 2021. BBC Cardiff Singer Of The World 2021 is taking place between 12 and 19 June in Cardiff, with broadcasts on BBC Radio 3. Producer: Emma Wallace

In this very entertaining episode, Chris in joined by Steve Rubie, owner of the 606 Club in London.As a programmer, a promoter, musician and one-time chef, Steve looks back across a 40-year career running Chelsea's most famous club. He talks about mentoring Ronnie Scott gave him in the early days and reflects on loads of wonderful musicians who've played at his club over the years.He also bravely takes on our culinary-jazz quiz, picking dishes to please the palettes of some of the world's true legends.Amongst lots of album references, Steve recommends:Under Milk Wood by Stan Tracey (1965) released on ColumbiaThe entire Charlie Parker back catalogue(!!)Flute and Nut by Harold McNair (1970) released on RCASupportYou can help support the podcast and keep us ad free. Especially useful if you'd like to support the podcast and want to keep it ad free. Plus it makes Chris feel very happy indeed! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ChrisNewsteadShow infoPresenter: Chris NewsteadTheme: by SoundWorkLab, licensed through AudioJungle.Recorded May 2021.

OWEN TEALE is an award-winning Welsh film, television and theater actor. His film credits include Dome Karukoski's Tolkien, Doug Lefler's The Last Legion and Antoine Fuqua's King Arthur. Teale's TV credits include "A Discovery of Witches" (Sky 1), "Line of Duty" (BBC), "The Hollow Crown" (BBC), "Spooks" (BBC), "Doctor Who" (BBC) and "Game of Thrones" (HBO). He is currently on set for Amazon's forthcoming miniseries "The Rig." On stage, Teale won a Tony Award in 1997 for his performance as Torvald in "A Doll's House," directed by Anthony Page in the West End and on Broadway. He has worked with director Terry Hands in "Under Milk Wood," "Mary Stuart" and "Macbeth," all for Theatr Clwyd. Teale played lead roles in "Ivanov" (National Theatre) and "The Country" (Royal Court), both directed by Katie Mitchell. The actor's other notable stage credits include "Creditors," directed by Alan Rickman (Donmar Warehouse/BAM); "No Man's Land," with Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, directed by Sean Mathias (Wyndham's Theatre); "Rutherford and Son," at Sheffield Crucible; and "Julius Caesar," "Henry IV" and "King Lear," all for the Royal Shakespeare Company.

OWEN TEALE is an award-winning Welsh film, television and theater actor. His film credits include Dome Karukoski's Tolkien, Doug Lefler's The Last Legion and Antoine Fuqua's King Arthur. Teale's TV credits include "A Discovery of Witches" (Sky 1), "Line of Duty" (BBC), "The Hollow Crown" (BBC), "Spooks" (BBC), "Doctor Who" (BBC) and "Game of Thrones" (HBO). He is currently on set for Amazon's forthcoming miniseries "The Rig." On stage, Teale won a Tony Award in 1997 for his performance as Torvald in "A Doll's House," directed by Anthony Page in the West End and on Broadway. He has worked with director Terry Hands in "Under Milk Wood," "Mary Stuart" and "Macbeth," all for Theatr Clwyd. Teale played lead roles in "Ivanov" (National Theatre) and "The Country" (Royal Court), both directed by Katie Mitchell. The actor's other notable stage credits include "Creditors," directed by Alan Rickman (Donmar Warehouse/BAM); "No Man's Land," with Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, directed by Sean Mathias (Wyndham's Theatre); "Rutherford and Son," at Sheffield Crucible; and "Julius Caesar," "Henry IV" and "King Lear," all for the Royal Shakespeare Company.

OWEN TEALE is an award-winning Welsh film, television and theater actor. His film credits include Dome Karukoski's Tolkien, Doug Lefler's The Last Legion and Antoine Fuqua's King Arthur. Teale's TV credits include "A Discovery of Witches" (Sky 1), "Line of Duty" (BBC), "The Hollow Crown" (BBC), "Spooks" (BBC), "Doctor Who" (BBC) and "Game of Thrones" (HBO). He is currently on set for Amazon's forthcoming miniseries "The Rig." On stage, Teale won a Tony Award in 1997 for his performance as Torvald in "A Doll's House," directed by Anthony Page in the West End and on Broadway. He has worked with director Terry Hands in "Under Milk Wood," "Mary Stuart" and "Macbeth," all for Theatr Clwyd. Teale played lead roles in "Ivanov" (National Theatre) and "The Country" (Royal Court), both directed by Katie Mitchell. The actor's other notable stage credits include "Creditors," directed by Alan Rickman (Donmar Warehouse/BAM); "No Man's Land," with Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, directed by Sean Mathias (Wyndham's Theatre); "Rutherford and Son," at Sheffield Crucible; and "Julius Caesar," "Henry IV" and "King Lear," all for the Royal Shakespeare Company.

OWEN TEALE is an award-winning Welsh film, television and theater actor. His film credits include Dome Karukoski's Tolkien, Doug Lefler's The Last Legion and Antoine Fuqua's King Arthur. Teale's TV credits include "A Discovery of Witches" (Sky 1), "Line of Duty" (BBC), "The Hollow Crown" (BBC), "Spooks" (BBC), "Doctor Who" (BBC) and "Game of Thrones" (HBO). He is currently on set for Amazon's forthcoming miniseries "The Rig." On stage, Teale won a Tony Award in 1997 for his performance as Torvald in "A Doll's House," directed by Anthony Page in the West End and on Broadway. He has worked with director Terry Hands in "Under Milk Wood," "Mary Stuart" and "Macbeth," all for Theatr Clwyd. Teale played lead roles in "Ivanov" (National Theatre) and "The Country" (Royal Court), both directed by Katie Mitchell. The actor's other notable stage credits include "Creditors," directed by Alan Rickman (Donmar Warehouse/BAM); "No Man's Land," with Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, directed by Sean Mathias (Wyndham's Theatre); "Rutherford and Son," at Sheffield Crucible; and "Julius Caesar," "Henry IV" and "King Lear," all for the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Well, its about time this bunch of Welsh people actually talked about a Welsh film and what better way than to discuss an adaptation of one of our iconic works Under Milk Wood. We conclude that this surreal, satirical drama falls somewhere between a masterpiece and ‘poetic septicemia’, but just where does our opinion fall? … Continue reading "306: Under Milk Wood [2015] Movie Discussion"

Well, its about time this bunch of Welsh people actually talked about a Welsh film and what better way than to discuss an adaptation of one of our iconic works Under Milk Wood. We conclude that this surreal, satirical drama falls somewhere between a masterpiece and ‘poetic septicemia’, but just where does our opinion fall? … Continue reading "306: Under Milk Wood [2015] Movie Discussion"

Amanda Litherland and Ella Watts sample the shortlisted and winning podcasts from this year's BBC Audio Drama Awards. Alison Hindell, BBC Radio 4's Commissioning Editor for Drama joins to discuss the history of the awards, and to share her thoughts on great audio drama. And we hear Jeffrey Nils Gardner and Eleanor Hyde, producers of Unwell: A Midwest Gothic Mystery - the winning entry in the category of Best Podcast or Online Audio Drama. Podcasts recommended this week: Children Of The Stones (BBC Radio 4) Fake Heiress (BBC Radio 4) The Sink (BBC Sounds) Tribulation (Audible) Murmurs (BBC Sounds) Unwell: A Midwest Gothic Mystery (HartLife NFP) Seancecast (Hat Trick) Passenger List (Radiotopia) Recommended radio dramas - The Voyage Of The St Louis, Magnitsky The Musical, Eight Point Nine Nine, The Grey Man and Other Lost Legends, The Kubrick Test, Cigarettes and Chocolate, Under Milk Wood, The Diary of Samuel Pepys, The Cazalets Find out more about the BBC Audio Drama Awards here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/48H1z30d4WLLz345v4BddQ1/audio-drama-awards-2021-the-finalists

Welcome to Chippy Lane’s Podcast, series two the PICTURES / LLUNIAU PROJECT. This series celebrates Welsh and Wales-based writers and their stories. This is our NY 2020 special, an extract from OVER THE HILL by Emily White. Moira is in her late 80's and has been stuck indoors being looked after by carers on 15-minute shifts, for as long as she can remember.  She is bored, lonely, pissed-off and longing for adventure but her daughter won't let her leave the house.  Until Rhodri, an eighteen-year-old oddball arrives to care for her full-time and together they set off on a road trip of the imagination. Writer: Emily White  Emily is an emerging screenwriter and playwright.  She originally trained as an actress at RADA before changing tack and obtaining an MA in Theatre Writing at the University of York in 2015.  In the five years since graduating she has been shortlisted and longlisted for numerous competitions including: Bolton Octagon Top Five Season, Arcola Heretic Voices, 4 Screenwriting, 4Stories, and BBC Drama Room. In 2018 she won a place on Channel 4’s 4Screenwriting Course where she developed her pilot Land of My Fathers about a Syrian refugee coming to live in a small Welsh town.  She was then selected to be part of the BBC Wales Writersroom group ‘Welsh Voices’ in 2019. Her acclaimed play, Pavilion, premiered at Theatr Clwyd in Sept-Oct 2019, directed by the Olivier award winning director Tamara Harvey and published by Faber & Faber. Her digital theatre microplay ‘Homework’ was released in October online for Wrapt Films/Open Sky Theatre, to high acclaim.   She is under commission to write another play for Theatr Clwyd and was one of six writers selected for English Touring Theatre’s Nationwide Voices Program 2020.  She also has a television serial in development with Little Door Productions.   Director: Chelsey Gillard Chelsey is the Carne Trust Associate Director at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, where she recently worked on The Snow Queen. She is also a co-founder of PowderHouse, the Company in Residence at the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff. Recent Directing credits include: Antigone (National Theatre Wales/ Sherman Theatre/ PowderHouse), The Invisible Woman (Wales Millennium Centre and tour), Saethu Cwnigod/Shooting Rabbits (Sherman Theatre and tour) and BLUE (Chippy Lane/Chapter Arts Centre). Currently Chelsey is on the script reading panel for both the Theatre Uncut Political Playwriting Award and The Other Room’s New Page programme. Chelsey is an Associate Director of Chippy Lane.  Performer: Michelle McTernan Michelle has been a professional actress for 24 years. She is also a Drama Practitioner and runs a disability theatre in Swansea S.Wales. Theatre Credits Includes: Metamorphosis (Hijinx Theatre Company) The Revlon Girl (Edinburgh Festival/Park Theatre, London) Mission Control (Hijinx Theatre/National Theatre Wales) The Three Night Blitz, (Joio Productions/Swansea Grand Theatre) Titania, A Midsummer Night's Dream, (Pontardawe Arts Centre) The Revlon Girl, Barren (October Sixty Six Productions) Bara Bread (Theatr Gwalia) Macbeth, Merchant Of Venice, Buoy, Fall Out 84 (Pontardawe Arts Centre) GrannyAnnie,Trivial Pursuits, Erogenous Zones, Roots And Wings, Family Planning, Kiss On The Bottom (GrassrootsProductions)FleshAndBlood(ShermanTheatre/Hampstead Theatre),TheOystercatchers )SwanseaGrand/ShermanTheatre),Blue Remembered Hills (Torch Theatre), Under Milk Wood, Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead (Clwyd Theatr Cymru/Tour),Twelfth Night, Cymbeline, The Merchant Of Venice (Ludlow Festival) And (Wales Theatre Company/Tour). Television And Film Work Includes: The Crown (Netflix) Casualty (BBC Wales) The Lost Viking (Tornado Productions), Sisters, (Tornado Productions), Aetheled, Tree Bastards, (Tornado Films/Nowhere Fast Productions),The Healers (Pooka Films) Stella (Tidy Productions, Sky1 Hd) 4 Series semi regular,  Rain (Tornado Films) Caerdydd (S4C) Midnight (Nowhere Fast Productions) Dr Terrible’s House Of Horrible (Bbc), Tales From Pleasure Beach (Bbc), Light In The City (Bbc Wales) And The Feature Film Very Annie Mary (Dragon Pictures). Bobinogs. Cbeebies/Bbc Wales/Worldwide. Radio Work Includes: Goat St Runners, Return Journey (Lighthouse Theatre Co),Cottage Industry (BBC Radio Wales) Commercial- GumTree, BT Advert, Llandovey House Advert, Mind Cymru Advert. Performer: Lissa Berry Lissa is an actress, voiceover artist and narrator. Her theatre career began at the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff in the mid 80s in productions of Mishima and Hamlet. She performed in many productions in London, including Queen Christina at BAC, White Lies at the Finborough Theatre and NewsRevue at The Canal Cafe Theatre. She is a regular performer at Short Stories Aloud in Oxford and also at The Berko Speakeasy where in 2018, she had the privilege of performing a duologue with Geoffrey Palmer called Easter Lilies. Also in 2018 she wrote and performed her first solo piece, Sin Eater, directed by Chelsey Gillard at the Offbeat Festival in Oxford and then as an extract for the Chippy Lane Welsh Women’s showcase at The Old Red Lion in London. In 2019 she was selected as the Welsh entrant for the BBC Radio 4 Norman Beaton Fellowship Award where she became a finalist. She began her voiceover career as a continuity announcer for BBC Choice, Sky Arts and as a co-announcer with Phill Jupitus for the Paramount Comedy Channel. She has narrated many TV shows and documentaries for BBC, ITV, Channel 4,, Sky Arts and Discovery, such as Horizon, Ancient Apocalypse and World’s Most Extreme. Her most recent audiobook titles for Audible are Impossible Causes by Julie Mayhew, The Librarian by Salley Vickers and How to Belong by Sarah Franklin. Written by Emily White Directed by Chelsey Gillard Performed by Michelle McTernan & Lissa BerryProduced & Edited by Chippy Lane Productions Ltd. Music by Grand Tradition  This podcast has been kindly supported by The Carne Trust.

Here we are at the end of 2020 taking stock of the strange and intense year that was.  There's lots of introspection, reflection, and depression happening.  So does Hot Date have the movie for you!  1973's Under Milk Wood, starring Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole,  Elizabeth Taylor, Glynis Johns, and a bevy of wonderful British character actors, is a film adaptation of Welsh writer Dylan Thomas's tone poem. Dan and Vicky ring in the New Year with a discussion of this forgotten and unique experimental film from director Andrew Sinclair.  Also on deck is alot of recently seen including Netflix's The Prom, HBO's The Flight Attendant, several Hitchcock classics and recent horror films Relic and Becky.   Give a listen to Hot Date 119 and leave us some feedback on our social media accounts.  www.hotdatepod.com  

By Ed Thomas Remi wakes on a road with no memory of who she is or how she got there. A vivid exploration of identity and sanity from one of Wales' best living playwrights. Rakie Ayola, Richard Harrignton and Sian Phillips DBE lead the cast in this dark, immersive sonic fable about what it means to be human in 2020. It tells the story of Remi who must try to piece together the fragments of her mind, work out who she is… and what went wrong. Part of Radio 4's season of drama celebrating some of the most significant writers working in radio with 12 original pieces, On a Lost Highway is also the first audio drama production recorded in BBC Wales’ brand new headquarters in Cardiff's Central Square. Back in 1954 Dylan Thomas revolutionised the world of Radio Drama with the inaugural broadcast of Under Milk Wood. Now BBC Wales’ brand new Dylan Thomas Audio Drama Studio aims to take the medium in new and exciting directions. Though it’s been named in honour of the legendary Welsh poet, the studio looks to the future, not the past. The pace of change in audio is fast – podcasting has created a new frontier for audio innovation – and in their new home, BBC Audio Drama Wales aim to continue to push the evolution of the form. Ed Thomas is a playwright, director and producer whose award winning work has been widely distributed to over 100 countries. Most recently, Ed wrote and co directed On Bear Ridge at the Royal Court in a highly successful co-production with National Theatre Wales starring Rhys Ifans and Rakie Ayola. Ed is the founder and creative director of film and TV production company Fiction Factory and co-creator of the TV series Hinterland. His plays have toured all over the UK, Europe, Australia and South America and translated into more than 10 languages. Remi.... Rakie Ayola The Lover.... Richard Harrington Mother.... Sian Phillips The Stranger.... Valene Kane Johnny Grecco.... Ronan Summers Directed by James Robinson A BBC Cymru Wales Production

Author and bookshop owner Ann Patchett joins us to talk about why a bookshop should be at the heart of any community and why book design is more important than ever. Jason Reynolds talks about what binds communities together and gives us his perspective on black culture and its influence around the world. And we also hear from an event around Pride in London at which Zing Tsjeng and Amrou Al-Kadhi interrogate whether corporate sponsorship of events like Pride is a good or bad thing. Books mentioned: The Dutch House, Long Way Down, Look Both Ways, Unicorn, Forgotten Women, Queer Intentions, Sanctuary, Under Milk Wood, Bold Girls.

Blackwell's Broad Street was thrilled to be joined by author of the best-selling Grief is the Thing with Feathers, Max Porter. Max was in conversation with fellow author, Ali Shaw, discussing his latest book, Lanny. There is a village outside London, no different from many others. Everyday lives conjure a tapestry of fabulism and domesticity. This village belongs to the people who live in it and to the people who lived in it hundreds of years ago. It belongs to England's mysterious past and its confounding present. But it also belongs to Dead Papa Toothwort who has woken from his slumber and is listening, and watching. He is watching Mad Pete the village artist. He is listening to ancient Peggy gossiping at her gate, to families recently moved here and to families dead for generations. Dead Papa Toothwort hears them all as he searches, intently, for his favourite. Looking for the boy. Lanny. ‘It’s hard to express how much I loved Lanny. Books this good don’t come along very often. It’s a novel like no other, an exhilarating, disquieting, joyous read. It will reach into your chest and take hold of your heart. It’s a novel to press into the hands of everyone you know and say, read this.’ MAGGIE O’FARRELL ‘The writing is stunning and deeply affecting. The plot thunders along. This is a book that resolutely refuses to be categorised but to get somewhere close, think: Under Milk Wood meets Broadchurch.’ NATHAN FILER ‘It takes a special kind of genius to create something which is both so strange and yet so compulsive.’ MARK HADDON Max Porter’s first novel, Grief Is the Thing with Feathers won the Sunday Times/Peter, Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year, the International Dylan Thomas Prize, the Europese Literatuurprijs and the BAMB Readers’ Award and was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Goldsmiths Prize. It has been sold in twenty-nine territories. Complicité and Wayward’s production of Grief Is the Thing with Feathers directed by Enda Walsh and starring Cillian Murphy opened in Dublin in March 2018. Max lives in Bath with his family. Ali Shaw is the author of The Trees, The Man who Rained and The Girl with Glass Feet, which won the Desmond Elliott Prize for first novels. He grew up in Dorset and studied English Literature and Creative Writing at Lancaster University. He has worked as a bookseller and at Oxford’s Bodleian Library. He lives with his wife and two-year-old daughter. Instagram: @blackwelloxford Twitter: @blackwelloxford Youtube: Blackwell's Bookshops Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/blackwells-oxford-11264382560

Dylan Thomas is one of the most recognisable Welsh names in the United States. He’s best known for his landmark poems such as ‘Do not go gentle into that good night’ and ‘Death shall have no dominion’, his play for voices ‘Under Milk Wood’, and classic stories such as ‘A Child’s Christmas in Wales’. Born in Swansea in 1914, the legendary poet spent much of his life traveling back and forth between homes in London and Wales, yet to many he will always be associated with New York City. Between 1950 and 1953 Dylan visited New York on four occasions, the last of which culminated with his passing at the age of 39. On this episode Gideon & Richard are joined by Swansea poet and author, Peter Thabit Jones, for a guided walking tour through Greenwich Village visiting places of significance to Dylan, including a few of his old watering holes. The tour, written by Peter Thabit Jones and Aeronwy Thomas, can be purchased as a self-guided book or accessed through its affiliated app.

Richard and Aasmah are joined by: Jo Brand, in comedy for over 30 years, trailblazing the way with her edgy humour at a time when there were very few women in standup. She came to comedy from psychiatric nursing and a strict upbringing. Listener and retired accountant Peter Barratt grew up hearing stories about his Great Grandmother Alice Hawkins who was a suffragette. 15 years ago he researched her story and has since completed 500 talks, including at Parliament and he now has one of the most complete collections of suffragette memorabilia in the UK still with descendants. Brought up in a strict religious household Lohani Noor ran away from home aged 15 and ended up in care, which is where her drive and ability to smash stereotypes began - she was a professional bodybuilder, trained as a plumber and now she is a TV psychotherapist. Matthew Walker is a renowned sleep scientist. Originally from Liverpool, his fascination with sleep has taken him from Nottingham University to Harvard and on to the University of California, Berkeley, where he is currently Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology and Director of the Centre for Human Sleep Science. Tractor Fest is the largest outdoor Tractor Festival in the UK. This year it has a 1940s theme, with displays of vintage tractors from the era, including the Fordson N: ‘the tractor that won the war’ and was widely used by the RAF for plane towing, as well as by the Women’s Land Army. Kevin Watson, restorer of more than 20 vintage tractors joins us from there. Singer Bryn Terfel chooses his Inheritance Tracks - Hen Wlad fy Nhadau by James James and Eli Jenkin's Prayer from Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas, music by AHD Troyte performed by Dunvant Male Voice Choir. Producer: Corinna Jones Editor: Beverley Purcell

An in-depth conversation with Wellington-based director and actor Ross Jolly. We talk Gliding On and Glide Time and Ross' roll as a commissioner and creator of Radio Drama for many years as well as being a founding member of Circa Theatre and the many plays he's directed across the years. We talk film and TV and finding jobs for between seasons and we plug the current season of Under Milk Wood at Circa Theatre

An in-depth conversation with Wellington-based director and actor Ross Jolly. We talk Gliding On and Glide Time and Ross' roll as a commissioner and creator of Radio Drama for many years as well as being a founding member of Circa Theatre and the many plays he's directed across the years. We talk film and TV and finding jobs for between seasons and we plug the current season of Under Milk Wood at Circa Theatre Get full access to Sounds Good! at simonsweetman.substack.com/subscribe

This week's guest is Steffan Rhodri. Steffan's acting career spans twenty years on stage and screen. His West End theatre credits include Absent Friends, Posh, The Mentalists and This House. On TV he's known for roles in Gavin and Stacey, Apple Tree Yard and Under Milk Wood. He is currently starring in Tracy Letts' Killer Joe, running at Trafalgar Studios until 18 August.

Clare Balding walks in beautiful sunshine with one of the longest standing groups we've had on Ramblings. For over 30 years, Derek Fawcett and friends have met for an annual walk. They've known each other since they were at medical school and, despite going into different specialities, have retained a strong connection; they say this is best enjoyed while out walking. Today, they are in Laugharne in south west Wales. They follow a route from Laugharne Castle which takes in Dylan Thomas's former home. Thomas once described Laugharne as the 'strangest town in Wales' and based Llareggub in Under Milk Wood ('bugger all' spelt backwards) on the place. Producer: Karen Gregor.

Already well known for their proficiency on the Bainbridge stage, Tom Challinor and Matt Eldridge are adding a new production company to their resume. Listen here as co-directors Tom and Matt discuss their exciting new venture: inD Theatre. In this podcast you'll learn about their unique vision for local theatre, in which actors are paid and the performances are free. (Donations will be gratefully accepted, however.)     The InD season will last from June until December of this year, with the first production -- Closed for Maintenance, a play written by Bainbridge Island local,  James E.  Anderson III -- to be offered June 8-9.  Tony award winning Dinah Manoff will direct Shannon Dowling and Ted Dowling in this new work. Other plays in the offing include The North Plan by James Wells, Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas, and a seasonal  performance of the Dylan Thomas poem, "A Child's Christmas in Wales."  Venues will vary, depending on the work.  We welcome this new addition of inD Theatre to our already rich theater community, and encourage you to make your reservation soon for Closed for Maintenance, which will be held at the Rolling Bay Music Guild Hall, June 8-9. To learn more, make show reservations, and read about the up-coming productions, visit indtheatre.org . Credits: BCB host: Carolyn Goad; audio tech and editor: Bob Ross; publisher Diane Walker.

Lincoln in the Bardo is a ghostly story that unfolds in a graveyard over the course of a single night. Narrated by a chorus of voices and historical sources this innovative novel invites discussion. We find out what Kate's book club made of it. We also speak to Michelle and Claire from an East London feminist book club, and get some good ideas for how to manage a book club where everyone is learning as they go along. We end with our usual recommendations you might want to try out for your next book club read. • Get in touch with us at thebookclubreview@gmail.com, follow us on Instagram @thebookclubreviewpod, find us on Facebook under thebookclubreview or leave us a comment on iTunes, we'd love to hear from you. • Kate's book club website is www.whatkatyread.co.uk. Click on 'archive' at the top to see our list of books going back over seven years, which can be viewed either in date order, or by our star ratings according to how much we liked them. • Books mentioned in this episode: The Tenth of December, George Saunders, The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood, Memoir of a Dutiful Daughter, Simone de Beauvoir, The Golden Notebook, Doris Lessing, The Bees, Laline Paull, Grief is a Thing With Feathers, Max Porter, The Snow Child, Eowyn Ivey, Under Milk Wood, Dylan Thomas, Days Without End, Sebastian Barry, Beloved, Toni Morrison, Three Men in a Boat, Jerome K. Jerome, The Power, Naomi Alderman • For our next book club we will be reading and discussing This is London by Ben Judah. • If you have read this far then you're probably the sort of person who might want to keep listening for our 'extra' bit at the end, where we talk about what we've been reading outside of book club. Stay tuned for true confessions of what we keep on our kindles.

Martin waxes lyrical about a life on the open waves, and Sam and Anna view the whole endeavour a little more fatalistically. Perhaps that had an unpleasant experience on a ferry as small children? Song by Song is Martin Zaltz Austwick and Sam Pay; two musicians listening to and discussing every single Tom Waits track in chronological order. website: www.songbysongpodcast.com twitter: @songbysongpod e-mail: songbysongpodcast@gmail.com Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include: Shiver Me Timbers, The Heart of Saturday Night, Tom Waits (1974) Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas, Read by Richard Burton (1954) We think your Song by Song experience will be enhanced by hearing, in full, the songs featured in the show, which you can get hold of from your favourite record shop or online platform. Please support artists by buying their music, or using services which guarantee artists a revenue - listen responsibly.

Kase, Van and Chris Wilson look at the return of 007 in Spectre, Italian crime drama Black Souls, Dylan Thomas adaptation Under Milk Wood, hip hop documentary Fresh Dressed, Iranian found footage tale Taxi Tehran, exorcism story The Vatican Tapes, Nicolas Cage's Oriental fantasy Outcast, and documentary Do I Sound Gay? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

There's a new film out today which is a remake of Dylan Thomas' classic Under Milk Wood - it's a fabulous visualisation that brings to mind the work of the great Ken Russell…

Sanjeev Bhaskar and James King sit in for Simon and Mark. Saoirse Ronan talks about Brooklyn. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including The Vatican Tapes, Under Milk Wood and Do I Sound Gay? Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.

In his new play Edith in the Dark, playwright Philip Meeks has combined the unusual life and some of the lesser-known adult ghost stories of Edith Nesbit, celebrated author of children's classics such as The Railway Children, Five Children and It and The Phoenix and the Carpet. It will be at Momentum Playhouse at St Stephens in Edinburgh from 7 to 30 August with previews on 5 and 6. Les Enfants Terribles co-founder James Seager tells us all about the successful company's latest production, Marvellous Imaginary Menagerie, which will return to Edinburgh at Pleasance Beyond from 5 to 31 August. Guy Masterson, probably the best-known and most successful Edinburgh Fringe producer, director and actor, will perform Dylan Thomas The Man, The Myth with Thomas's granddaughter Hannah Ellis from 6 to 22 August and a cut-down version of his one-man Under Milk Wood, sub-titled Semi-Skimmed, from 23 to 31 August, both at Assembly Roxy. He tells us about both productions and shatters a few myths about the great Welsh post. For more information about all shows in this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival and to book tickets, see www.edfringe.com.

To begin at the beginning: It is Spring, moonless night in the small town, starless and bible-black, the cobblestreets silent and the hunched, courters'-and- rabbits' wood limping invisible down to the sloeblack, slow, black, crowblack, fishingboat-bobbing sea. [Under Milk Wood] 2014 is the centenary of the birth of the poet Dylan Thomas. Scarlett MccGwire went to talk to Dr. Leo Mellor who writes and teaches about 20th century literature, particularly Anglo Welsh Literature and modernism, at Murray Edwards college Cambridge, where he is the Roma Gill Fellow in English. She started by asking him what’s so special about Dylan Thomas that the centenary of his birth is being celebrated around the world? Dr.Leo Mellor: I think it is to do with the way he brings a particular intensity to language. To the way he writes poems, that force or push language into moments of unexpected power and beauty and strangeness. He makes us see everyday things as strange again and he helps us see a beauty in things one would not normally consider beautiful.     Scarlett MccGwire: Like? LM: I suppose you could think of his most famous radio play ‘Under Milk Wood’ and how he takes the average life of people in a little town there. Petty jealousy, their loves, their desires, and transforms them into something that is funny, beautiful and terribly moving -  it’s just one night, in one little bible-black town. The houses are blind as moles (though moles see fine to-night in the snouting, velvet dingles) or blind as Captain Cat there in the muffled middle by the pump and the town clock, the shops in mourning, the Welfare Hall in widows' weeds. And all the people of the lulled and dumbfound town are sleeping now. SM: Do you think he captures Wales? LM: He captures a certain part of Wales but he also turns Wales into a place that is shaped by Dylan Thomas’s way of looking, thinking and feeling about things. This is not reportage, this is not the lives of people as lived in the 1930’s and 40’s in his formulation of 'South Wets Wales' and Swansea. He takes things from an area and he transforms them. SM: Under Milk Wood is celebrated around the English-speaking world, so it’s much bigger than Wales isn’t it? LM: Yes, because it’s a way of using radio, using a medium, where you don’t get to see anything. You get to see, in your mind’s eye, the characters who are constructed through how they speak and how they describe other people, and sound effects. So, it’s a play that is apparently about a small seaside town in west Wales, but uses a medium to do something quite incredible. SM: He is most famous for Under Milk Wood, but also there are poems. LM: It is important for us to remember how long his career was. He died age 39, but he was writing poems as a teenager, and these are not adolescent works, these are published in the Volume 18 Poems and they are amazingly good. I will read the first stanza of the first poem from the 18 poems I see the boys of summer I see the boys of summer in their ruin Lay the gold tithings barren, Setting no store by harvest, freeze the soils; There in their heat the winter floods Of frozen loves they fetch their girls, And drown the cargoed apples in their tides.   These boys of light are curdlers in their folly, Sour the boiling honey; The jacks of frost they finger in the hives; There in the sun the frigid threads Of doubt and dark they feed their nerves; the signal moon is zero in their voids.   I see the summer children in their mothers Split up the brawned womb’s weathers, Divide the night and day with fairy thumbs; There in the deep with quartered shades Of sun and moon they paint their dams As sunlight paints the shelling of their heads.   I see that from these boys shall men of nothing Stature by seedy shifting, Or lame the air with leaping from its heats; There from their hearts the dogdayed pulse

Kirsty Lang talks to John Kander, composer of the hit musicals Cabaret, Chicago and now The Scottsboro Boys; actor Michael Sheen discusses performing Under Milk Wood to celebrate Dylan Thomas's centenary; Lynda Nead reviews the new Egon Schiele exhibition The Radical Nude at London's Courtauld Gallery; Brad Pitt on his latest film role in WWII drama, Fury; film director David Cronenberg discusses penning his first novel, Consumed; Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmmy Page on remastering the band's legendary rock song, Stairway to Heaven; actor Robert Downey Jr talks about his latest role as hotshot lawyer Hank Palmer in The Judge; and Boris Johnson considers Churchill's legacy on the 50th anniversary of his death.

The Testament Of Mary, Colm Tóibín's Man Booker-nominated novella, has now been adapted for the theatre - starring Fiona Shaw and directed by Deborah Warner. Fiona Shaw joins Razia to discuss the effort and concentration required for a 100-minute monologue, and the way the production mixes religious and secular aspects. Award winning revenge thriller Blue Ruin tells the story of an American man, Dwight Evans, who is seeking to kill his parents killers. As events unfold Evans, played by Macon Blair, undergoes a transformation from traumatised homeless drop-out to novice assassin. Mark Eccleston reviews. Novelist Edward St Aubyn talks about his new book Lost For Words, a satirical look at the world of literary prizes. And a new BBC and theatre production of Under Milk Wood to mark the centenary of Dylan Thomas' birth which includes contributions from Charlotte Church, Tom Jones and Michael Sheen. Razia Iqbal - Presenter Nicola Holloway - producer Image Credit: Hugo Glendinning.

With Kirsty Lang. The artist Peter Blake's new exhibition Under Milk Wood is the culmination of a 25-year project, in which he's created a series of illustrations, portraits, watercolours, and photographs based on Dylan Thomas's 'play for voices'. Peter Blake looks back over his ambitious project and discusses his fascination for Thomas's celebrated work. A new film documentary, Leviathan, provides an insight into the harsh world of North Atlantic commercial fishing. With no narration, little dialogue, and long lingering shots of life aboard a fishing vessel, the film has divided audiences. Documentary film maker Molly Dineen gives her response. Iain Sinclair and Professor Jeffrey Richards tell the story of the chequered history of Gaslight, Thorold Dickinson's adaptation of Patrick Hamilton's play, which was suppressed by a Hollywood studio when it bought up the rights. Legend has it that the film only survives now because the director smuggled out a copy under the cloak of darkness. Sarah Ruhl's play In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) was nominated for three Tony Awards and a Pulitzer Prize after its initial Broadway run in 2009. Opening tonight at the St James Theatre in London, the play shows how 19th Century medicine used the female orgasm as a cure for hysteria, and how the invention of electricity transformed the treatment. Sarah Ruhl discusses the inspiration for the play and reflects on why it has been a hit in some surprising locations. Producer: Stephen Hughes.

Terry Jones chooses Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas. Plus BBC archive of Dylan Thomas and Richard Burton. Full details at Front Row’s Cultural Exchange website.

With Mark Lawson. Kevin McNally has acted on stage opposite Jude Law and Kenneth Branagh, and has appeared in more than two dozen films, including all four Pirates of the Caribbean movies. He now stars in The Mill, a new four-part TV drama, which depicts events in rural-industrial England in 1833 and is based on the extensive archive of Quarry Bank Mill in Cheshire. He discusses the appeal of playing characters who are far from likeable, and reveals how he thinks it helped that he was a little tipsy when he auditioned for Pirates Of The Caribbean. The latest artwork to be commissioned for the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square has been unveiled by London Mayor Boris Johnson. Hahn / Cock by the German artist Katharina Fritsch is a sculpture of a giant blue cockerel. Katharina Fritsch and Boris Johnson explain what the latest statue to occupy the plinth means to them. For Cultural Exchange, Monty Python's Terry Jones selects Under Milk Wood, the play for voices by Dylan Thomas, which was narrated by Richard Burton and first broadcast on the BBC Third Programme in 1954. Producer Karla Sweet.

Dylan Thomas, arguably Wales's most famous poet, comes under scrutiny on Great Lives. A man famous both for his linguistic exuberance and his chaotic, alcohol-fuelled private life, Dylan Thomas is proposed by another Welsh poet in a specially recorded programme at Bristol's More Than Words Listening Festival. Owen Sheers is one of Britain's brightest young writers and the author of Resistance, and he is keen to bust some myths about his fellow Welshman's reputation. Joining him on stage is presenter Matthew Parris along with Damian Walford-Davies of Aberystwyth University. The programme includes archive recordings of Dylan Thomas's famous voice, and also Richard Burton reading the opening of Under Milk Wood. The producer is Miles Warde.

This episode contains a discussion of the Ottawa Theatre School's "Under Milk Wood" directed by Janet Irwin, and "The Middle Place", a Project: Humanity production at the GCTC. Andrew tells us about "Rivage a L’Abandon, Medee-Materiau, Paysages Avec Argonautes" at the University of Ottawa, and "Lauchie, Liza, and Rory", a Mulgrave Road Theatre production at the NAC. We go over the newly announced 2011/2012 season at the Great Canadian Theatre Company, Tania delivers a rant about honest feedback and theatre subscribers (okay, maybe that's two rants) and finally, Andrew fills us in on the fabulous party that was John Koensgen's 60th Birthday/New Theatre of Ottawa fundraiser and mystery season launch.

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is Joel Joffe. For many years he was the chairman of Oxfam, before that he set up a hugely successful insurance company and most recently he's been campaigning for terminally ill people to have the right to die. But the career in which he has had the greatest impact is the one he was forced to give up more than 40 years ago - law.In 1963, Joel Joffe was a young defence solicitor, so dismayed by the apartheid system of his native South Africa that he was on the brink of emigrating. Then he was asked to take over the defence of a group of ANC activists including Walter Sisulu, Govan Mbeki and Nelson Mandela. The trial gripped the world and was all the more extraordinary because, far from aiming to secure his clients' freedom, Joel Joffe was simply fighting for them not to receive the death penalty. He tells Kirsty how, even in his prison clothes, Nelson Mandela was a figure of calm authority, who guided them through the trial.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]Favourite track: Under Milk Wood by Richard Burton Book: A Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela Luxury: Wind-up radio.

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is Joel Joffe. For many years he was the chairman of Oxfam, before that he set up a hugely successful insurance company and most recently he's been campaigning for terminally ill people to have the right to die. But the career in which he has had the greatest impact is the one he was forced to give up more than 40 years ago - law. In 1963, Joel Joffe was a young defence solicitor, so dismayed by the apartheid system of his native South Africa that he was on the brink of emigrating. Then he was asked to take over the defence of a group of ANC activists including Walter Sisulu, Govan Mbeki and Nelson Mandela. The trial gripped the world and was all the more extraordinary because, far from aiming to secure his clients' freedom, Joel Joffe was simply fighting for them not to receive the death penalty. He tells Kirsty how, even in his prison clothes, Nelson Mandela was a figure of calm authority, who guided them through the trial. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Under Milk Wood by Richard Burton Book: A Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela Luxury: Wind-up radio.

Sue Lawley's guest this week is the jazz musician Stan Tracey. He's been at the heart of the British Jazz scene since the 1960s when he was resident pianist at Ronnie Scotts. It was at that time he wrote what has been called the greatest of all British jazz albums - his Under Milk Wood suite.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Mood Indigo by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Book: Crazy Like A Fox by S J Perelman Luxury: Film: Oh Mister Porter

Sue Lawley's guest this week is the jazz musician Stan Tracey. He's been at the heart of the British Jazz scene since the 1960s when he was resident pianist at Ronnie Scotts. It was at that time he wrote what has been called the greatest of all British jazz albums - his Under Milk Wood suite. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Mood Indigo by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Book: Crazy Like A Fox by S J Perelman Luxury: Film: Oh Mister Porter

Roy Plomley's castaway is journalist James Cameron.Favourite track: Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas Book: Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne Luxury: Malt whisky

Roy Plomley's castaway is journalist James Cameron. Favourite track: Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas Book: Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne Luxury: Malt whisky