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Part Nine: Epilogue - 'Aberfan is different...'
Aberfan: Tip Number 7
English - December 08, 2021 06:00 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBPersonal Journals Society & Culture History Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
55 years on, survivors of the Aberfan disaster are now looking to the future – as well as the past
The Aberfan disaster shook the world - 116 children and 28 adults died on 21 October 1966 when a coal tip engulfed a junior school and surrounding homes. How could this happen? It’s a tale of unheeded warnings, broken promises, and a shattered community’s fight for justice.
This episode Includes strong language and first-hand testimony from both survivors and rescuers about the aftermath of the disaster that struck their small mining village.
A nine-part podcast series from the same stable as 'Shreds'.
Narrator: Hannah Daniel
Producers: Maria David and Andy Fry
Sound design: Cathy Robinson
Executive producers: Karen Voisey and Emma Harding
Development: Ceri Jackson and Selma Chalabi
Archive research: Dafydd O’Connor
Original title music: Dyfan Jones
Production manager: Andrea Deere