Aberfan - Covering a Catastrophe
50 years after the Aberfan disaster, Felicity Evans tries to make sense of the sequence of media events which saw a nation put on the global stage as never before. This is a story ranging from heroic eye-witness accounts and chilling reportage to a lamentable journalistic failure as the National Coal Board does its best to spin its way out of a PR disaster. For many, this is the true scandal of Aberfan, as interrogation and accountability are trumped by deference.
- Festival
- Douglas 2017
- Title
- Aberfan - Covering a Catastrophe
- Entry Category
- Radio Documentary
- Produced By
- Leaping Wing
- Producer
- Michael Surcombe
- Directed By
- none
- Writer
- Felicity Evans (presenter)
- Broadcaster
- BBC Radio Wales