BBC Wales: The Hunchback in the Park

This short animation for BBC Wales premiered on BBC iPlayer yesterday to mark National Poetry Day (Thursday 2 October) and the centenary of poet Dylan Thomas' birth.

The film, based on his poem, The Hunchback in the Park, is brought to life by Aardman Animations and a spoken performance by Welsh actor Michael Sheen telling the story of an isolated man who spends all his time at Cwmdonkin Park in Uplands, Swansea.

“It was a pleasure to perform The Hunchback in the Park for this wonderful little film. The animation brings Dylan Thomas’s poem to life in a very imaginative and striking way and I can only hope that audiences everywhere find it as engaging as I did,” says Sheen of his involvement.

The two-and-a-half-minute film will also be broadcast on BBC One Wales later in October.