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 McGaugheySue... 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