Aberfan: The Untold Story

Aberfan: The Untold Story
14 September 2006
On BBC One












Documentary examining the tragedy which struck the Welsh mining village of Aberfan in 1966, when a mountain of coal slurry engulfed a school, claiming the lives of 116 children and 28 adults, becoming the world's first televised disaster. At first the Labour Government had seemed anxious to help, but their failure to understand the village's plight awoke in this small mining community a sense of its own power. Driven by grief, anger and guilt, the village fought for justice.

Producer: Adrian Gatton
Producer/Director: Jonathan Jones
Executive Producer: Samir Shah