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Aberfan: Tip Number 7

by BBC Radio Wales
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  • Part Nine: Epilogue - 'Aberfan is different...'

    December 8, 2021 · 30 min

    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…

  • Part Eight: Battles won and lost...

    December 1, 2021 · 36 min

    Aberfan suffers further blows – but fights on. 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…

  • Part Seven: A time to heal?

    November 24, 2021 · 35 min

    Aberfan comes together to try to mend its wounds. But further traumas lie ahead for both survivors and bereaved. The Aberfan disaster shook the world - 116 children and 28 adults died on 21 October 1966 when a coal tip engulfed a junior…

  • Part Six: "Those tips must go..."

    November 17, 2021 · 31 min

    A promise is made - the remaining tips above Aberfan will be removed. But at what cost to the village? 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…

  • Part Five: The Search for Answers

    November 10, 2021 · 39 min

    What happened at Aberfan and why? The Aberfan Disaster Tribunal will examine the facts – and establish whether it could have been prevented. Will it be a whitewash? The Aberfan disaster shook the world - 116 children and 28 adults died…

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  • Part Four: Counting the Cost

    November 3, 2021 · 42 min

    The last survivors are rescued from the slurry as the full horror of what has happened at Aberfan becomes clear The Aberfan disaster shook the world - 116 children and 28 adults died on 21 October 1966 when a coal tip engulfed a junior…

  • Part Three: Help is coming

    October 27, 2021 · 34 min

    With Pantglas School buried by thousands of tonnes of coal waste, rescuers race against the clock in an urgent search for survivors. The Aberfan disaster shook the world.116 children and 28 adults died on 21 October 1966 when a coal tip…

  • Part One: Prologue - the price of coal

    October 20, 2021 · 13 min

    Coal is king in the south Wales valleys of the 1960s. It brings jobs to thousands of households. But it is about to exact a terrible price on one small community. The Aberfan disaster shook the world - 116 children and 28 adults died on 21…

  • Part Two: "And then it was blackout...”

    October 20, 2021 · 30 min

    Three young classmates head to school one misty morning - a morning that will devastate their community and change their lives forever. The Aberfan disaster shook the world - 116 children and 28 adults died on 21 October 1966 when a coal…

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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. Nine part podcast series from the same stable as 'Shreds'.