Slow Radio: Underground Wales

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Owen Sheers's radio poem explores the sound world of the underground spaces of Wales.

Owen Sheers's radio poem explores the underground spaces of Wales, from slate caverns to sea caves, from Snowdonia to Gower - places integral to Welsh myth, industry and psyche.

Poet Owen Sheers explores the strange sound world of the underground spaces of Wales, from slate caverns to sea caves, from Snowdonia to the Gower peninsula. In a new poem, he contemplates these dark and hidden places integral to Welsh myth, industry and psyche.

Written and read by Owen Sheers
Sound design by Catherine Robinson
Produced by Emma Harding

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