Land of My Father

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It’s 1984. In a mining village in the Welsh Valleys, Alys is doing her O-Levels, falling in love, and just being a teenager. Then, the Miners’ Strike starts. And everything changes. Forty years later, reeling from her marriage break up, Alys takes her son on a day out in the Valleys: to the zip wire above the site of Tower Colliery. Soon, she finds herself revisiting the year that altered her family’s lives irrevocably. Siân Owen’s drama is about the children of the Miners’ Strike - and its legacy. By Siân Owen Young Alys... Caitlin Griffiths Older Alys... Mali Harries Cai.... Shaheen Jafargholi Samuel.... Nicholas McGaughey Sue... Lisa Zahra Jacob.... Jamie Redford Cai’s Dad and Eddie.... Rhys Ap William Sarah.... Jemima Nicholas Paul.... Rory Kelleher Production Co-ordinator, Lindsay Rees Sound Design, Catherine Robinson and Nigel Lewis Director and Producer, Fay Lomas A BBC Audio Drama Wales Production