大象传媒

Ruth Jones shares the poems and stories that have meant the most in her life as a writer and actress, for our festive delight.

The co-creator of the hugely-loved sit-com Gavin and Stacey shares some of her early comic inspirations as well as memories of growing up in Wales. Recorded in the 大象传媒 Radio Theatre, her readers are Steve Speirs and Yasmine Akram, with music from English folk musicians Kate Rusby and Damien O鈥橩ane.

Readings include
A Child's Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas
Oh I Wish I'd Looked After Me Teeth by Pam Ayres
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
At Seventeen by Janis Ian
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
Ernie the Fastest Milkman in the West by Benny Hill
A Prayer for the Hesitant by Henry Normal
Oh What a Piece of Work is a Man, from Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Sosban Fach by Talog Williams
The Reverend Eli Jenkins prayer/Sunset Poem from Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas

Music includes
Porthcawl by Chartered Hurricane
The Rocking Carol by Kate Rusby & Damien O'Kane
A Yorkshire Merry Christmas by Kate Rusby & Damien O'Kane
Caledonia by Dougie MacLean

Producer...Mary Ward-Lowery