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The Welsh Valleys

The poet returns to Wales to see how the valleys have been transformed since she first visited as a teenager. From 2000.

Pam returns to Wales to see how the valleys have been transformed since she first visited as a teenager in the 1970s, when the landscape was black with coal dust.

Series in which poet and raconteuse, Pam Ayres takes to the open road, visiting eight places in Britain to hear tales from the people who live there.

Producer: Simon Elmes

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in 2000.

30 minutes

Broadcasts

  • Sat 25 Mar 201714:15
  • Sun 26 Mar 201703:15
  • Sat 27 Jul 201914:15
  • Sun 28 Jul 201902:15