Drowned - The Flooding of a Village
It’s a dark and controversial chapter in Welsh history; sixty years ago, three young men scramble through deep snow in the dead of night to break into the Tryweryn reservoir construction site in North Wales – and plant a bomb. Families in the village of Capel Celyn are forced to leave; and in 1965, their homes, school, chapel and cemetery disappear beneath the new lake, Llyn Celyn - built to provide drinking water for Liverpool. The bombing sparks decades of unrest. Journalist Betsan Powys grew up with this story; but what she discovers in making this seven-part podcast, leaves her shocked.
- Festival
- Cardiff 2024
- Title
- Drowned - The Flooding of a Village
- Title in English
- Drowned - The Flooding of a Village
- Entry Category
- History (Sound)
- Produced By
- BBC Cymru Wales (English Language Current Affairs dept) for BBC Sounds
- Producer
- Maria David / Dinah Jones / Huw Meredydd
- Directed By
- Maria David / Huw Meredydd
- Writer
- Betsan Powys
- Broadcaster
- BBC Sounds