Dylan Thomas | 4: Return Journey to Swansea

Duration: 27'40''

Synopsis

Thomas is back in the town of his birth in search of his younger self. Locals vividly describe his childhood.

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More episodes from this series

Dylan Thomas | 1: A Visit to America

Dylan Thomas | 1: A Visit to America

1953 | 14'44''

A frenzied roller coaster of hospitality. Poet Dylan Thomas relives an exhausting lecture tour. He died a month later.

Dylan Thomas | 2: Quite Early One Morning

Dylan Thomas | 2: Quite Early One Morning

1953 | 12'33''

'I walked through the streets like a stranger come out of the sea'. Dylan Thomas reads his work which grew into Under Milk Wood.

Dylan Thomas | 3: Reminiscences of Childhood

Dylan Thomas | 3: Reminiscences of Childhood

1953 | 13'31''

'The memories of childhood have no order and no end'. Dylan Thomas relives his school, streets, friends and dreams.

Dylan Thomas | 4: Return Journey to Swansea

Dylan Thomas | 4: Return Journey to Swansea

1947 | 27'40''

Thomas is back in the town of his birth in search of his younger self. Locals vividly describe his childhood.

Dylan Thomas | 5: Holiday Memory

Dylan Thomas | 5: Holiday Memory

1946 | 18'26''

'A tuck of dresses, a rolling of trousers'. Poet Dylan Thomas vividly recalls an evocative August Bank Holiday.
Other Archive resources
BBC Radio 3 | 2014

The Essay | Dylan Thomas Centenary: 5: Dylan's Bardic Heritage

Poet and musician Twm Morys explores the links between Wales's poetic past and Dylan Thomas's writing, as experienced through his own encounters with Thomas.
BBC Radio 3 | 2014

The Essay | Dylan Thomas Centenary: 4: Dylan Over the Pond

Writer, poet and activist Kevin Powell explores Dylan Thomas's far-reaching influence on black American writers.