The Day They Tried to Close Down MerthyrEpisode 1BBC Radio Wales Duration: 30 minutesFirst broadcast: Fri 14th Oct 2011, 11:30 on BBC Radio Wales FMLatest broadcast: Sat 15th Oct 2011, 13:05 on BBC Radio Wales MWMelanie Doel returns to Merthyr Tydfil to discover why a think tank and a Whitehall Mandarin were advocating moving the population out in the 1930s.GenresFactualHistoryFormatsDocumentariesSeriesThe Day They Tried to Close Down Merthyr Source: BBC Online
