Land of My Father
It鈥檚 1984. In a mining village in the Welsh Valleys, 16-year-old Alys is falling in love. Her father is going on strike. Family, dreams, and politics collide in Si芒n Owen's drama.
It鈥檚 1984. In a mining village in the Welsh Valleys, Alys is doing her O-Levels, falling in love, and just being a teenager.
Then, the Miners鈥� Strike starts. And everything changes.
Forty years later, reeling from her marriage break up, Alys takes her son on a day out in the Valleys: to the zip wire above the site of Tower Colliery. Soon, she finds herself revisiting the year that altered her family鈥檚 lives irrevocably.
Si芒n Owen鈥檚 drama is about the children of the Miners鈥� Strike - and its legacy.
By Si芒n Owen
Young Alys... Caitlin Griffiths
Older Alys... Mali Harries
Cai.... Shaheen Jafargholi
Samuel.... Nicholas McGaughey
Sue... Lisa Zahra
Jacob.... Jamie Redford
Cai鈥檚 Dad and Eddie.... Rhys Ap William
Sarah.... Jemima Nicholas
Paul.... Rory Kelleher
Production Co-ordinator, Lindsay Rees
Sound Design, Catherine Robinson and Nigel Lewis
Director and Producer, Fay Lomas
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- Tue 5 Mar 2024 14:15大象传媒 Radio 4
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