1 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:19,080 See you later, love. 2 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:26,760 See you in a bit. 3 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:37,280 - Hello, Karen. - Are you all right, Howell, my love? 4 00:00:57,960 --> 00:00:58,960 Home time! 5 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:02,560 All right, before you go... Sit down, please, Rhys. 6 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:06,440 Who can tell me what's special about tomorrow? 7 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:07,440 It's Friday! 8 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:09,760 Don't just shout out, Geraint. Hands raised, boy. 9 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:13,000 - Sorry, sir. - Yes, it's Friday. 10 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:16,480 It's the start of the weekend and, even more importantly, the start of half-term. 11 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:18,240 And, in case you'd forgotten, 12 00:01:18,320 --> 00:01:21,280 before you go on half-term, you lot have a job to do tomorrow morning. 13 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:23,640 You're singing "All Things Bright and Beautiful" 14 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:25,360 to the whole school in assembly. 15 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:30,520 So... don't forget to practice at home tonight. 16 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:33,160 Take the words home to memorize them. 17 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:35,160 Memorize, Rhys Edwards: 18 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:38,120 to commit to memory, to learn by heart. 19 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:39,440 Right, everyone line up. 20 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:45,320 Quickly, come on! 21 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:49,200 Don't forget your coats. 22 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:51,080 - Thank you, sir. - There you go. 23 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:53,040 - Well done today. Good work. - Thank you. 24 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:54,880 - Goodbye, sir. - Rhys. 25 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:55,960 There you go. 26 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:15,560 Oh, my God, I'm soaking! 27 00:02:17,640 --> 00:02:21,320 ♪ All things bright and beautiful ♪ 28 00:02:21,920 --> 00:02:25,480 ♪ All creatures great and small ♪ 29 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:37,000 ♪ All things bright and beautiful ♪ 30 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:40,640 ♪ All creatures great and small ♪ 31 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:44,600 ♪ All things bright and wonderful ♪ 32 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:46,400 ♪ The Lord God... ♪ 33 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:48,560 - Hello, Nan. - Hello, love. 34 00:02:48,640 --> 00:02:50,760 ♪...bright and beautiful ♪ 35 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:52,320 Hello, Dad. 36 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:53,720 - Hiya. - Hi, Dad. 37 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:56,040 - Clear the table for me, would you? - Yes, Mam. 38 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:58,680 - Can I get you a cup of tea? - Please, I am gasping. 39 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:01,760 ♪ All things bright and beautiful ♪ 40 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:04,520 ♪ All creatures great and small ♪ 41 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:06,760 Geraint, love, it's time for your bath. 42 00:03:07,640 --> 00:03:09,800 I knew that was you! 43 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:11,440 I can hear you down the street. 44 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:14,520 It's raining cats and dogs out there, Mam. 45 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:16,600 Oh, I know. It's horrible, isn't it? 46 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:18,480 Come on. Hey. 47 00:03:18,920 --> 00:03:20,280 Show me, show me, show me. 48 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:22,920 ♪ All things... ♪ 49 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,000 - ♪ Bright and beautiful ♪ - You don't need that. 50 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:28,520 - ♪ All creatures great and small ♪ - Yes. 51 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:31,560 - ♪ The purple-headed mountain ♪ - Lovely. 52 00:03:31,640 --> 00:03:34,000 ♪ The river running by ♪ 53 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:37,520 - ♪ The sunset and the morning ♪ - Good boy. 54 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:40,520 ♪ That brightens up the sky ♪ 55 00:05:59,280 --> 00:06:02,040 - Where are we headed, then? - Tip seven. 56 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:04,640 We got reports of a train down. 57 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:10,440 Come on. I'm going. I'm running late. 58 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:12,800 - Off you go, then. See you later. - Bye, Dad. 59 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:15,120 - Bye. - All right, Dai? 60 00:06:16,840 --> 00:06:18,600 How are you, all right? 61 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:22,800 Quickly. Quickly now, come on. 62 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:26,880 Come back here, Geraint. 63 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:29,600 - I thought we were late. - Do your laces up! 64 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:31,480 - Morning, Beryl. - Morning, Ivor. 65 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:33,360 Come on! 66 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:37,280 Look at your face. You're filthy. 67 00:06:38,280 --> 00:06:41,320 - Quickly. Hurry up. - See you later. 68 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:43,760 - Bye, Dad. - Tara. 69 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:45,320 - See you later, then. - Bye. 70 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:46,640 - Bye, love. - Bye. 71 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:02,760 - Come on, boys. - All right. 72 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:04,760 Ground's bloody soaked. 73 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:38,480 Never seen one this bad before. 74 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:44,840 Whoa! 75 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:48,120 Christ, the whole tip is unstable! You two, stay here! 76 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:50,240 Hurry! 77 00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:53,120 - Bevan? - Sir. 78 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:54,680 - Edwards? - Sir. 79 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:56,560 - Phillips? - Sir. 80 00:07:56,960 --> 00:07:57,840 Moss? 81 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:02,080 ♪ All things bright and beautiful ♪ 82 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:08,280 Not yet, boy. In assembly. Five minutes. 83 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:10,160 Don't peak too soon. 84 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:15,120 Come on, man, hurry up. 85 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:17,480 Come on! 86 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:27,960 Who's supervising today, love? 87 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:30,880 Eric Ellis. You've just missed him. He's in the canteen. 88 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:32,760 Eric! 89 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:34,720 What's up? I'm trying to eat my breakfast. 90 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:36,800 We've got trouble on seven. Something's not right. 91 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:38,976 - What do you mean? - We should get a safety team up there 92 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:41,040 - just in case. - You can feel it moving. 93 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:42,360 Never seen anything like it. 94 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:43,576 - Where? - Tip seven. 95 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:45,000 Christ, is anybody up there? 96 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:47,096 Two lads, we left them to keep an eye on things. 97 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:49,960 - Hush, boys. Be quiet! - Someone should check it out. 98 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:36,120 On your feet, into a line. Alphabetical, please. 99 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:38,600 Quickly and quietly. 100 00:09:44,320 --> 00:09:46,160 - Sir! - Jesus Christ! 101 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:48,120 Sir! 102 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:49,880 Under the desks, all of you! 103 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:51,560 Quickly! 104 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:53,400 Please, get under the desks! Now! 105 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:54,480 Sir! 106 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:15,000 Where I grew up, not far from here, 107 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:17,240 if we wanted to buy groceries, 108 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:19,080 bread and butter and eggs, 109 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:20,960 we'd go to the local shop. 110 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:22,880 If we wanted fresh vegetables, 111 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:26,440 we'd have to go to the open market in central Huddersfield. 112 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:29,760 And if we wanted meat or fish that wasn't in a tin, 113 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:35,600 we'd have to go to neighboring Milnsbridge for the butchers and fishmongers. 114 00:10:38,040 --> 00:10:42,480 Then something bigger came along, which changed everything, 115 00:10:42,560 --> 00:10:45,760 and we were told to call it a supermarket. 116 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:48,120 Well, now we have this... 117 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:51,080 A hypermarket. 118 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:05,120 Which is interesting to me for several reasons. 119 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:07,880 It's democratic, 120 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:09,840 it's modern, 121 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:12,960 and it changes everything. 122 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:15,880 I'm afraid you're going to have to excuse me. 123 00:11:16,680 --> 00:11:17,760 Let's go. 124 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:23,960 What do we know? 125 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:56,720 Clear the path! 126 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:03,400 I'm sorry to interrupt, Your Majesty. Michael. 127 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:07,280 Uh, I'm afraid there's been an incident in a mining village in South Wales. 128 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:10,080 A coal waste tip collapsed and slid into a junior school. 129 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:12,960 It's clear there's been... significant loss of life. 130 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:15,160 I would suggest an immediate response. 131 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:16,520 What kind of response? 132 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:19,840 A statement of condolence. I've taken the liberty of doing a quick draft. 133 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:21,520 - May I? - Of course. 134 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:28,640 "I am shocked and distressed 135 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:32,200 to learn of the terrible disaster which has taken place at Aberfan. 136 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:35,160 Please convey a message of heartfelt sympathy 137 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:37,880 from my husband and myself to the children's parents 138 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:40,320 and to the families of those who have lost their lives. 139 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:41,680 Signed, Elizabeth R." 140 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:46,360 Downing Street has requested the use of an aircraft of the Queen's flight 141 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:49,040 so that the PM can visit the site of the tragedy later today. 142 00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:51,160 - I assume that's a yes? - Of course. 143 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:54,000 Unless you were planning... to visit today yourself? 144 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:57,120 - Why would I go? - What a question! 145 00:12:57,200 --> 00:13:00,640 The Crown visits hospitals, Martin, not the scenes of accidents. 146 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:04,960 Thank you, ma'am. 147 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:12,600 Ma'am, there's just one more appointment to confirm today. 148 00:13:12,680 --> 00:13:14,880 A four o'clock reception for Sir Leslie Fry. 149 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:22,440 At about eight o'clock this morning, 150 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:24,800 the local branch of the National Coal Board 151 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:26,000 received a report 152 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:30,080 that a depression had formed in tip number seven. 153 00:13:30,160 --> 00:13:32,840 - Meaning? - Uh, it had sunk. 154 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:35,920 What's it doing sinking like that? Isn't it solid? 155 00:13:36,040 --> 00:13:37,160 Apparently not. 156 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:40,440 Not with all the heavy rainfall that they've been having lately. 157 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:43,760 It seems... that all that water 158 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:47,760 turned enough of the coal waste inside the tip into slurry 159 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:49,280 to cause the sinkhole. 160 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:51,240 And then about a quarter past nine, 161 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:53,840 that liquid waste broke free of the tip, 162 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:56,160 slid down the mountain towards the village. 163 00:13:56,920 --> 00:14:01,080 Pantglas Junior School bore the brunt of it; several houses, too. 164 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:03,800 And how much coal was in this tip? 165 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:04,880 Too much. 166 00:14:05,680 --> 00:14:07,800 Three hundred thousand cubic yards. 167 00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:10,440 Plus, guidelines suggest 168 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:12,880 that tips should be no higher than 20 feet tall. 169 00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:15,320 Now, this one was over five times that. 170 00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:21,320 Who from the Coal Board is there? 171 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:23,800 The local supervisor, Eric Ellis. 172 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:26,120 We're gonna need someone higher up than that. 173 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:28,520 What about Lord Robens, head of the Coal Board? 174 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:30,880 He was notified, but he's being invested 175 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:32,920 as Chancellor of Surrey University today 176 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:35,280 and saw no reason to postpone the investiture. 177 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:36,400 What? 178 00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:39,720 Make sure he's there by tomorrow morning, will you? 179 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:42,120 - Yes, sir. - Now we have to be careful. 180 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:45,280 This could turn nasty very quickly. 181 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:47,880 Come on, Harold. 182 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:51,520 This is an accident caused by unprecedented rainfall. 183 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:54,440 - It isn't political. - Everything is political, Andrew. 184 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:16,240 - What seems to be the problem? - The road's closed, sir. 185 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:18,120 - All the way? - All the way. 186 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:23,040 Sorry, sir. Roads are blocked. 187 00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:26,400 People have been arriving to help all day. We might struggle to get through. 188 00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:28,480 Then we'll walk. 189 00:15:56,800 --> 00:15:57,960 Good God. 190 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:12,400 - Prime Minister. - Yeah. 191 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:22,240 Sixty bodies recovered so far. 192 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:24,320 And counting. 193 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:28,160 Quiet! 194 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:30,280 - We heard someone! - Quiet! Shh! 195 00:16:58,040 --> 00:16:59,520 Back to work, everyone! 196 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:07,400 Every time the whistle blows, it means they think they've heard something. 197 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:09,920 Another child trapped beneath the wreckage. 198 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:25,520 Mind your step, Prime Minister. 199 00:17:57,560 --> 00:17:59,040 I guarantee you... 200 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:04,760 the highest level independent inquiry into this tragedy. 201 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:07,960 All the necessary powers... 202 00:18:09,120 --> 00:18:13,120 will be given to those in charge to take whatever action they need. 203 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:20,280 Any other tips that are a danger to the public? 204 00:18:20,360 --> 00:18:22,760 I have no intention 205 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:25,080 of adding to anything I've made in my statement. 206 00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:27,440 It's a bit late now! 207 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:31,800 We've been telling everyone for years those tips were dangerous. 208 00:18:38,760 --> 00:18:42,360 It was a disaster waiting to happen, and no one listened. 209 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:46,560 The number of casualties in the tip disaster in South Wales 210 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:47,960 could be as high as 200. 211 00:18:48,040 --> 00:18:51,440 Thirty-six people remain in hospital, 20 bodies have been recovered, 212 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:55,840 and estimates suggest that as many as 150 more are still missing, 213 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:57,320 most of them children. 214 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:09,920 - What are you doing? - You haven't heard the news? 215 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:14,080 No. I-I-I've been at... Caroline's birthday party. 216 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:16,560 When you read the papers tomorrow, you'll understand. 217 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:17,640 But... 218 00:19:57,440 --> 00:20:01,360 Smoke continues to hamper rescue efforts tonight in the village of Aberfan, 219 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:02,440 South Wales. 220 00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:05,320 So far, 67 bodies, mostly children, 221 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:08,760 have been pulled from the wreckage of Pantglas Junior School, 222 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:11,880 which was struck by coal waste from a nearby tip. 223 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:14,400 Hope remains for many more still missing, 224 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:17,800 but work to recover bodies is likely to continue through the night. 225 00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:20,800 The Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, visited the scene today, 226 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:24,400 and Buckingham Palace have issued a statement of sorrow from the Queen. 227 00:20:24,480 --> 00:20:26,960 The message reads, "I am shocked and distressed 228 00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:30,720 to learn of the terrible disaster which has taken place at Aberfan. 229 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:33,440 Please convey a message of my heartfelt sympathy 230 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:36,360 from my husband and myself to the children's parents 231 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:39,200 and to the families of those who have lost their lives." 232 00:20:39,840 --> 00:20:43,000 That's the news from us at the moment. Now back to London. 233 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:45,080 There will be special reports during the... 234 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:12,240 Prime Minister, ma'am. 235 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:18,200 As of an hour ago, the loss of life in Aberfan stands at 116. 236 00:21:18,280 --> 00:21:20,720 Now, it appears that over 80 are still missing. 237 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:23,760 Thirty-six of the survivors have been hospitalized. 238 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:25,040 I see. 239 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:28,000 Are any more victims expected to be found? 240 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:30,200 Uh, not alive, ma'am. 241 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:31,480 To make matters worse, 242 00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:34,440 it has been reported that the north shoulder of tip seven has moved 243 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:36,960 and the village is ready for immediate evacuation. 244 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:39,040 Mechanical diggers are out of action, 245 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:41,600 bogged down in the soggy mud. 246 00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:43,760 The military have been brought in to help. 247 00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:45,320 Now... 248 00:21:47,040 --> 00:21:48,920 given all this, 249 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:51,640 I was hoping I might persuade you to go. 250 00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:59,800 One of the most unfortunate things about being sovereign I have discovered 251 00:21:59,880 --> 00:22:03,520 is that you paralyze virtually any situation you walk into. 252 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:06,840 The very last thing emergency and rescue services need 253 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:10,000 when they are working against the clock is a queen turning up. 254 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:18,720 I'm not sure I agree. 255 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:21,960 Children have died. 256 00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:24,600 A community is devastated. 257 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:28,880 What precisely would you have me do? 258 00:22:32,360 --> 00:22:33,640 Well, comfort people. 259 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:36,320 Put on a show? 260 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:38,280 The Crown doesn't do that. 261 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:43,160 I didn't say put on a show. 262 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:45,600 I said comfort people. 263 00:23:02,360 --> 00:23:03,440 Your Majesty. 264 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:41,760 Morning, darling. Tea? 265 00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:44,400 Anyone object if I had something stronger? 266 00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:47,640 - Coffee? - No, I was thinking whiskey. 267 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:50,240 - Margaret, it's nine o'clock. - Yes, I know. 268 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:54,400 But it's not morning. Not in my world, anyway. 269 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:58,600 Tony called in the small hours, 270 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:02,440 from a call box in the middle of nowhere. 271 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:08,360 Hello, it's me. 272 00:24:10,280 --> 00:24:12,120 Can you do something for me? 273 00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:15,680 He told me to go into the children's bedrooms 274 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:17,360 and kiss them 275 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:19,800 while they slept. 276 00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:26,480 As soon as he got to Aberfan, 277 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:28,800 he went straight to the school. 278 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:41,640 It was... unimaginably awful. 279 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:43,400 Miners, 280 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:45,840 used to digging for coal, 281 00:24:46,360 --> 00:24:48,480 now digging to reach their children. 282 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:55,920 Many of them spent several hours 283 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:58,240 stuck under the mud beside dead friends. 284 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:00,400 Buried alive. 285 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:02,520 Running out of air. 286 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:06,280 He then went to the mortuary, 287 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:11,240 where people were waiting to identify the children's bodies. 288 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:14,800 Nurses and Salvation Army volunteers, 289 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:19,400 they were writing a description of each adult, each child. 290 00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:23,680 Noting any possessions they found 291 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:25,760 in their pockets, like, like, uh... 292 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:27,760 a handkerchief or... 293 00:25:28,360 --> 00:25:30,080 sweets, anything, 294 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:32,480 to help identify them. 295 00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:48,320 And from there I went to the hospital. 296 00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:51,640 There he comforted a man 297 00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:54,720 who was holding his son's school cap. 298 00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:58,240 After the hospital, 299 00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:01,480 he wanted to walk back to the house where he was due to stay, 300 00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:03,840 but he carried on walking... 301 00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:08,120 and walking. 302 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:11,400 I walked and walked and walked. 303 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:22,800 No, I've never heard him like that. 304 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:28,400 I hope I never do again. 305 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:42,440 We have Geoffrey Morgan from the National Coal Board 306 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:44,160 and George Thomas, 307 00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:47,080 Minister of State for Wales, here to answer our questions. 308 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:49,880 Will you both accept responsibility? 309 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:51,120 Murderers! 310 00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:55,720 The National Coal Board cannot accept responsibility for the weather! 311 00:26:55,800 --> 00:26:56,800 Rubbish! 312 00:26:56,880 --> 00:27:01,840 Abnormal levels of rainfall have created extraordinary conditions. 313 00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:05,560 You've known about the spring under the tip for years! 314 00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:07,920 - I wrote to you! - So did I! 315 00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:10,800 That's what's caused this, not rainfall! 316 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:12,400 And nothing was done! 317 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:15,760 "Buried alive by the National Coal Board." 318 00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:19,320 That's what I want to see written on my child's death certificate! 319 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,000 What about financial assistance? 320 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:26,080 We've got people in dire need now! 321 00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:30,160 When's government going to step in? When? 322 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:33,000 Let us be quite clear. 323 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:37,240 A dreadful tragedy has taken place. 324 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:39,800 But blame for that 325 00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:42,640 cannot be placed at the door of the Labour Party. 326 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:48,160 Tip number seven was built in 1958 when the Labour Party wasn't in power. 327 00:27:50,120 --> 00:27:53,720 I had a visit today from certain members of the Cabinet. 328 00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:56,480 No need to tell me who. 329 00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:59,200 Who are concerned that this is all turning political. 330 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:01,400 Of course it's turning political. 331 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:05,520 And they want you to do something to deflect the blame. 332 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:10,080 Their view is if the Labour government pay the price for this tragedy, 333 00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:13,640 and the Tories make political capital from it, it would be obscene 334 00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:14,920 and a betrayal, 335 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:17,120 not just of the people of South Wales, 336 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:19,240 but of all of us in the movement. 337 00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:21,840 We've been waiting for this for too long, Harold. 338 00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:24,680 Thirteen years in opposition, 339 00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:27,640 and now we're finally in power, in government. 340 00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:29,480 We cannot allow ourselves 341 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:32,240 to be crucified on the altar of public opinion 342 00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:34,320 over something that isn't our fault. 343 00:28:34,920 --> 00:28:38,360 Hmm, when people are angry, they throw stones at their leaders. 344 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:41,080 Then it's a duty not just to deflect that anger, 345 00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:43,640 but to show solidarity with our supporters. 346 00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:44,720 How? 347 00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:48,200 - This is grief, Marcia. - It's injustice. 348 00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:50,760 It's just another in a long list of injustices. 349 00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:53,000 No, it's parents grieving their children. 350 00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:57,320 It's also cold-hearted refusal to accept responsibility 351 00:28:57,400 --> 00:29:00,680 by the people who are to blame, the Tories. 352 00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:02,800 And now they're making us the scapegoats. 353 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:05,520 Well, what do you want me to do about it? 354 00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:08,920 Make sure they take the blame! 355 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:12,840 And if you can't blame it on the Tories, and you won't press it in the House, 356 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:15,800 and you can't go after the NCB until the tribunal is over, 357 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:21,280 then perhaps we should look for another establishment figure 358 00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:23,280 to deflect negative attention. 359 00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:25,720 Who? 360 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:29,760 - Her! - The Queen? 361 00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:33,640 Well, you must admit her behavior is symptomatic 362 00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:35,360 of establishment neglect. 363 00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:37,760 Her behavior is unfortunate. 364 00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:41,960 - You went to see her today, didn't you? - Yes. 365 00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:44,520 And you asked her again to go? 366 00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:45,680 Yes. 367 00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:48,000 And what did she say? 368 00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:50,080 "The Crown doesn't go." 369 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:52,680 Something like that. 370 00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:55,320 The Duke of Edinburgh is now going. 371 00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:57,560 They pulled him away from some duck shoot. 372 00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:00,080 Yes, but she isn't? 373 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:03,040 Perhaps there's good reason for that. 374 00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:06,600 Maybe she finds that kind of situation difficult. 375 00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:10,320 Losing your children is difficult! 376 00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:14,640 Losing brothers and sisters is difficult! 377 00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:19,920 Living in a mining village where the Coal Board abandons you is difficult! 378 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:21,640 And instead of sticking the knife in her 379 00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:24,840 and allowing us all to vent our anger at someone cold-hearted, 380 00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:27,200 you'd sooner let your own team take the blame! 381 00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:29,560 You're pathetic! You disgust me! 382 00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:30,800 So you keep telling me. 383 00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:33,360 If you ever want to be a real leader, 384 00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:36,320 a real man, a real socialist, 385 00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:38,400 you're going to have to grow some balls! 386 00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:45,720 The NCB is a creation of the Labour Party. 387 00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:52,320 This is a government-made disaster! 388 00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:55,360 Take responsibility! 389 00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:20,120 - Is this the school just here? - This is the school, yes. 390 00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:49,920 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. 391 00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:53,920 And there shall be no more death. 392 00:31:55,760 --> 00:31:57,680 Neither sorrow nor crying. 393 00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:01,240 Neither shall there be any more pain. 394 00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:06,840 For the former things are passed away. 395 00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:13,560 Fear not, for I am with thee. 396 00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:16,160 He shall feed His flock like a shepherd. 397 00:32:17,640 --> 00:32:19,920 He shall gather the lambs with His arms 398 00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:22,440 and carry them in His bosom 399 00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:26,280 and shall gently lead those that are with young. 400 00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:30,280 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls 401 00:32:30,360 --> 00:32:32,160 playing in the streets thereof. 402 00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:36,960 "And they shall be mine," said the Lord of Hosts. 403 00:32:38,440 --> 00:32:40,920 In that day when I make up my jewels. 404 00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:43,360 And I will spare them, 405 00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:47,360 as a man spareth his own son that serveth him. 406 00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:53,840 I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the Earth. 407 00:32:55,400 --> 00:32:57,200 I heard a voice from Heaven. 408 00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:07,640 ♪ Jesu, lover of my soul ♪ 409 00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:13,080 ♪ Let me to Thy bosom fly ♪ 410 00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:18,800 ♪ While the nearer waters roll ♪ 411 00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:23,880 ♪ While the tempest still is high ♪ 412 00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:30,440 ♪ Other refuge have I none ♪ 413 00:33:30,520 --> 00:33:36,120 ♪ Hangs my helpless soul on Thee ♪ 414 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:41,800 ♪ Leave, oh, leave me not alone ♪ 415 00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:47,880 ♪ Still support and comfort me ♪ 416 00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:53,840 ♪ All my trust on Thee is stayed ♪ 417 00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:59,600 ♪ All my help from Thee I bring ♪ 418 00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:54,600 - How was it? - Extraordinary. 419 00:34:57,960 --> 00:35:00,080 The grief, the anger, 420 00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:02,640 at the government, at the Coal Board, but... 421 00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:05,120 at God, too. 422 00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:09,440 Eighty-one children were buried today. 423 00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:15,680 The rage, in all the faces, behind all the eyes. 424 00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:20,040 They didn't smash things up. They didn't fight in the streets. 425 00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:23,120 What did they do? 426 00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:27,000 They sang. The whole community. 427 00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:32,320 It's... it's the most astonishing thing I've... I've ever heard. 428 00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:39,200 Did you weep? 429 00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:43,320 Did I weep? 430 00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:49,200 What kind of question is that? 431 00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:52,040 Just a question. Did you weep? 432 00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:55,800 I might have wept, yes. 433 00:35:56,720 --> 00:35:58,720 Are you going to tell me it was inappropriate? 434 00:35:59,920 --> 00:36:04,480 And the fact is anyone who heard that hymn today 435 00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:05,920 would not just have wept... 436 00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:12,160 they would've been broken into a thousand tiny pieces. 437 00:36:34,360 --> 00:36:36,360 Right. 438 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:41,000 I see. 439 00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:43,360 Thank you for letting me know. 440 00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:51,440 We've had a tip-off from a friendly newspaper editor 441 00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:53,400 that the government, 442 00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:56,120 determined not to take the blame for Aberfan, 443 00:36:56,520 --> 00:37:01,240 have decided to refocus the subject of the national conversation 444 00:37:02,560 --> 00:37:05,800 and has briefed newspapers that... 445 00:37:07,960 --> 00:37:11,040 "One person has been conspicuously absent from Aberfan, 446 00:37:11,120 --> 00:37:12,200 and that is our Queen. 447 00:37:13,080 --> 00:37:15,840 The scandalous lack of care and interest, 448 00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:18,880 one can only assume it is that, by our head of state 449 00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:23,200 is symptomatic of a lack of care from the traditional establishment, 450 00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:27,800 not just for the people of Wales, but for the whole working class." 451 00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:38,840 And the Prime Minister gave that his blessing? 452 00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:43,080 Well, I think we have to assume so. 453 00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:20,040 On arrival at RAF St. Athan, you will be received 454 00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:22,560 by Sir Cennydd Traherne, Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan, 455 00:38:22,640 --> 00:38:26,840 and taken via car to the school disaster site in Aberfan. 456 00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:30,480 Then on to the Bethania Chapel 457 00:38:30,560 --> 00:38:34,520 for the presentation of the heroes and survivors of the disaster. 458 00:38:35,240 --> 00:38:37,360 There will then be a visit to the cemetery, 459 00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:38,840 where you will lay a wreath. 460 00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:42,520 And finally, a visit to the home of a local miner, 461 00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:45,960 Thomas Edwards, who lost relatives in the disaster 462 00:38:46,040 --> 00:38:49,800 and scheduled conversations with several other grieving families. 463 00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:54,400 The whole trip should be approximately two and a half hours. 464 00:38:55,040 --> 00:38:58,240 Without wishing to prompt, Your Majesty, 465 00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:02,240 you may wish to consider that this is Wales, not England. 466 00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:06,760 A display of emotion would not just be considered appropriate, 467 00:39:07,880 --> 00:39:09,280 it's expected. 468 00:41:41,320 --> 00:41:45,360 This is Councilor Ellis, who lost seven relatives. 469 00:41:45,440 --> 00:41:47,200 - Seven? - Yes, ma'am. 470 00:41:47,280 --> 00:41:50,240 - Three children and four nephews. - I'm so sorry. 471 00:41:51,960 --> 00:41:56,920 Karen and Alun Jenkins, ma'am, who lost their son, Ewan, 472 00:41:57,000 --> 00:42:01,760 and his four cousins, Tegwen, Bryn, Mair, and Ben. 473 00:42:02,920 --> 00:42:03,960 Sorry. 474 00:42:04,720 --> 00:42:08,640 Thomas and Gwen Edwards, ma'am, whose home this is. 475 00:42:08,720 --> 00:42:11,480 They lost their two children, and, uh... 476 00:42:12,360 --> 00:42:14,080 this is Howell, Gwen's father, 477 00:42:15,080 --> 00:42:18,280 who managed to rescue one of the grandchildren. 478 00:42:18,360 --> 00:42:19,520 Sarah. 479 00:42:20,240 --> 00:42:21,920 She has something for you, ma'am. 480 00:42:24,680 --> 00:42:25,960 Thank you. 481 00:42:26,040 --> 00:42:28,800 From the remaining children of Aberfan. 482 00:42:30,280 --> 00:42:33,040 - Thank you. - You're welcome. 483 00:42:58,920 --> 00:43:01,400 We're so glad to have you here, Your Majesty. 484 00:43:04,360 --> 00:43:06,600 I can only imagine. I'm so sorry. 485 00:43:10,480 --> 00:43:11,520 That's very lovely. 486 00:43:13,400 --> 00:43:14,880 Do you all live on this road? 487 00:43:39,880 --> 00:43:42,280 The Duke of Edinburgh said the families 488 00:43:42,360 --> 00:43:44,320 sung a hymn when they buried their children. 489 00:43:45,160 --> 00:43:46,360 Yes, ma'am. 490 00:43:48,360 --> 00:43:50,080 Is there any way I might hear it? 491 00:43:50,840 --> 00:43:52,760 I'm sure we can find a recording. 492 00:43:55,120 --> 00:43:57,360 And ask the Prime Minister to come and see me 493 00:43:57,440 --> 00:43:58,840 as soon as possible. 494 00:43:58,920 --> 00:44:00,000 Yes, ma'am. 495 00:44:47,480 --> 00:44:49,160 The Prime Minister, Your Majesty. 496 00:44:50,600 --> 00:44:51,840 Your Majesty. 497 00:45:02,480 --> 00:45:06,120 Churchill would have had the character to do it face to face. 498 00:45:07,040 --> 00:45:09,480 Come to think of it, so would Anthony Eden. 499 00:45:09,560 --> 00:45:11,160 And Harold Macmillan. 500 00:45:12,080 --> 00:45:16,320 Each of them would have had the courage to express their anger to me directly. 501 00:45:16,400 --> 00:45:20,560 None of them would ever have resorted to going behind my back like that. 502 00:45:23,440 --> 00:45:26,400 I have it on authority you tipped off journalists 503 00:45:26,480 --> 00:45:29,360 that I was letting the side down by not going to Aberfan. 504 00:45:30,480 --> 00:45:32,600 - Never. - It wasn't you? 505 00:45:32,680 --> 00:45:33,760 No, ma'am. 506 00:45:36,800 --> 00:45:40,680 But... perhaps one or two of my colleagues, 507 00:45:41,160 --> 00:45:43,880 concerned at the anger being directed at the government... 508 00:45:43,960 --> 00:45:47,360 Broke ranks? Took matters into their own hands? 509 00:45:51,160 --> 00:45:52,160 It's possible. 510 00:46:04,040 --> 00:46:05,360 Perhaps they're right. 511 00:46:06,840 --> 00:46:09,320 The people of Aberfan deserved a prompt response. 512 00:46:09,480 --> 00:46:10,720 They didn't get one. 513 00:46:11,320 --> 00:46:13,640 They deserved a display of compassion, 514 00:46:13,720 --> 00:46:15,480 of empathy from their Queen. 515 00:46:15,560 --> 00:46:16,880 And they got it yesterday. 516 00:46:17,760 --> 00:46:18,760 They got nothing. 517 00:46:19,400 --> 00:46:22,680 I dabbed a bone-dry eye, and by some miracle, no one noticed. 518 00:46:32,920 --> 00:46:34,400 After the Blitz, 519 00:46:35,040 --> 00:46:36,440 when we visited hospitals, 520 00:46:37,640 --> 00:46:40,440 I saw what my parents, the King and Queen, saw. 521 00:46:41,280 --> 00:46:42,480 They wept. 522 00:46:43,440 --> 00:46:44,560 I couldn't. 523 00:46:46,120 --> 00:46:49,520 Well, you... you were a child. What do you expect? 524 00:46:49,600 --> 00:46:51,040 Not just as a child. 525 00:46:51,880 --> 00:46:53,560 When my grandmother, Queen Mary, 526 00:46:55,040 --> 00:46:56,440 whom I loved very much, 527 00:46:57,680 --> 00:46:58,960 when she died... 528 00:47:02,120 --> 00:47:03,160 nothing. 529 00:47:05,680 --> 00:47:08,800 Well, she had been ill a long time. It had been expected. 530 00:47:09,160 --> 00:47:11,000 When I had my first child, 531 00:47:11,080 --> 00:47:13,480 a moment of such significance for every mother... 532 00:47:24,000 --> 00:47:26,880 I have known for some time there is something wrong with me. 533 00:47:28,520 --> 00:47:29,720 Not wrong. 534 00:47:30,120 --> 00:47:31,520 Deficient, then. 535 00:47:32,280 --> 00:47:35,120 How else would you describe it when something is missing? 536 00:47:40,840 --> 00:47:42,960 These meetings are confidential, yes? 537 00:47:46,800 --> 00:47:50,600 I have never done a day's manual work in my life. 538 00:47:51,320 --> 00:47:52,320 Not one. 539 00:47:52,760 --> 00:47:56,400 I am an academic, a privileged Oxford don, 540 00:47:57,280 --> 00:47:58,440 not a worker. 541 00:47:59,920 --> 00:48:03,320 I don't like beer. I prefer brandy. 542 00:48:04,520 --> 00:48:06,920 I prefer wild salmon to tinned salmon. 543 00:48:07,920 --> 00:48:10,560 Chateaubriand to steak and kidney pie. 544 00:48:12,920 --> 00:48:14,960 And I don't like pipe smoking. 545 00:48:16,240 --> 00:48:18,520 I far prefer cigars. 546 00:48:19,480 --> 00:48:23,320 But cigars are a symbol of capitalist privilege. 547 00:48:23,800 --> 00:48:25,760 So, I smoke a pipe, 548 00:48:26,320 --> 00:48:28,360 on the campaign trail and on television. 549 00:48:30,240 --> 00:48:33,040 Makes me more... approachable. 550 00:48:33,520 --> 00:48:34,520 Hmm. 551 00:48:35,400 --> 00:48:36,440 Likable. 552 00:48:40,360 --> 00:48:43,640 We can't be everything to everyone and still be true to ourselves. 553 00:48:46,920 --> 00:48:50,120 We do what we have to do as leaders. That's our job. 554 00:48:51,760 --> 00:48:54,920 Our job is to calm more crises than we create. 555 00:48:56,200 --> 00:48:59,200 That's our job, and you do it very well indeed. 556 00:49:01,760 --> 00:49:05,840 And in a way, your absence of emotion is a blessing. 557 00:49:07,360 --> 00:49:10,280 No one needs hysteria from a head of state. 558 00:49:14,360 --> 00:49:15,680 And the truth is, 559 00:49:16,360 --> 00:49:18,040 we barely need humanity. 560 00:49:33,960 --> 00:49:35,000 Prime Minister. 561 00:49:38,600 --> 00:49:39,720 Your Majesty. 562 00:50:29,000 --> 00:50:33,720 ♪ Jesu, lover of my soul ♪ 563 00:50:34,360 --> 00:50:39,480 ♪ Let me to Thy bosom fly ♪ 564 00:50:40,120 --> 00:50:45,640 ♪ While the nearer waters roll ♪ 565 00:50:46,000 --> 00:50:51,840 ♪ While the tempest still is high ♪ 566 00:50:51,920 --> 00:50:57,400 ♪ Other refuge have I none ♪ 567 00:50:57,800 --> 00:51:03,200 ♪ Hangs my helpless soul on Thee ♪ 568 00:51:03,680 --> 00:51:09,280 ♪ Leave, oh, leave me not alone ♪ 569 00:51:09,360 --> 00:51:14,760 ♪ Still support and comfort me... ♪