Learning on ScreenRemember Aberfan
- Synopsis
- Visits the small minig village of Aberfan in South Wales where, on 21 October 1966, the coal tip above the village collapsed and slid down the hillside, killing over 140 people, many of them children from the junior school. Uses photographs and archive film, together with personal accounts, to tell the stories of survivors and their families.
- Series
- Timewatch, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video
- Year of production
- 1996
- Availability
- Out of Distribution; 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)
- Notes
- Broadcast on BBC2 on 15/10/96.
- Subjects
- History
- Keywords
- coal mines; disasters; mining industries; Wales
Credits
- Producer
- Catrine Clay
- Contributor
- Laurence Rees
Production Company
- Name
BBC Television
Distributor
- Name
BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning
- Contact
- Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)
- BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com
- Web
- https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +44 (0) 20 8433 1009
- Address
- BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK - Notes
- The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’
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