Aberfan: The Fight for Justice
Huw Edwards traces the story of Aberfan's decades-long battle for justice, looking at whether the incident was a terrible accident or a preventable man-made disaster.
Fifty years ago, a coal tip crashed down on a village in south Wales, killing 144 people including 116 children. Now Huw Edwards traces the story of Aberfan's decades-long battle for justice.
The Aberfan disaster shocked the world. Immediately, people were demanding to know how and why it had happened. Was it a terrible accident or a preventable man-made tragedy? Within weeks, a tribunal of inquiry began hearing evidence.
A cast of actors brings the tribunal to life, the script drawn from the actual evidence presented at the inquiry. Huw Edwards looks back at the testimony given. Should warnings have been heeded? Who was to blame?
The publicly owned National Coal Board and the government managed to add insult to injury as they refused the demands of local people to remove the tips from above the village. Finally they gave in, but not without perpetrating another injustice on Aberfan that took decades to remedy.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Huw Edwards |
Producer | Iwan England |
Director | Iwan England |
Executive Producer | Martyn Ingram |
Desmond Ackner | Sion Pritchard |
Tasker Watkins | Sion Ifan |
Philip Wien | James Peake |
Justice Edmund Davies | Danny Grahan |
Leslie Davies | Jams Thomas |
Vivian Thomas | Ceri Murphy |
David Lewis Roberts | Steffan Rhodri |
Robert Exley | Richard Nichols |
William Sheppard | Keiron Self |
Lord Alf Robens | Stephen Casey |
Production Company | Cynyrchiadau Alpha Productions |
Broadcasts
- Tue 18 Oct 2016 22:45大象传媒 One except Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland HD, Scotland & Scotland HD
- Tue 18 Oct 2016 23:45大象传媒 One Scotland HD & Scotland only
- Wed 19 Oct 2016 23:45大象传媒 One Northern Ireland HD & Northern Ireland only
- Mon 24 Oct 2016 01:45
- Wed 20 Oct 2021 23:15大象传媒 Two Wales HD & Wales only
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