DESCRIPTION:
In 1952, Cardiff was a bustling industrial hub, a Welsh city that was in the midst of post-war construction. Cardiff docks were the main economic driver, and they welcomed ships from all across the globe, trading goods and raw materials. This trade led to the city quickly becoming a hub of multiculturalism. In particular, it became home to many Somali sailors who had sought new pastures. That same year, one of those sailors would find himself at the centre of a murder investigation that would highlight the dangers of a biassed justice system...
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This episode was researched and written by Emily G. Thompson.
Edited by Joel Porter at Dot Dot Dot Productions.
Script editing, additional writing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton
Narration, editing assistance, additional writing, and production direction by Benjamin Fitton.
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MUSIC:
Reconciliation by Wicked Cinema
Dead Ends by Wicked Cinema
Sussex by Stephen Keech
What You Do Not Know by Joshua Spacht
Recognize by Grant Borland
The Arctic by Gold Coast
The Haunting by Craig Allen Fravel
Tainted by Darkness by Cody Martin
Altered Fate by Cody Martin
Bamburgh by Stephen Keech
Nuclear Conception by Alice in Winter
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REFERENCES:
NEWSPAPER ARCHIVE
Evening Sentinel, 7 March, 1952
Daily Herald, 7 March, 1952
Newcastle Journal and North Mail, 7 March, 1952
Bristol Evening Post, 8 March, 1952
Western Mail, 8 March, 1952
Western Mail, 10 March, 1952
Birmingham Gazette, 11 March, 1952
Western Mail, 15 March, 1952
Bristol Evening Post, 17 March, 1952
Daily Mail, 17 March, 1952
Western Mail, 17 March, 1952
Western Mail, 26 March, 1952
Western Mail, 1 April, 1952
Western Mail, 17 April, 1952
Western Mail, 18 April, 1952
Western Mail, 19 April, 1952
Western Mail, 24 July, 1952
Western Mail, 20 August, 1952
Coventry Evening Telegraph, 1 September, 1952
Derby Evening Telegraph, 3 September, 1952
The People, 1 June, 1969
The People, 9 November, 1969
South Wales Echo, 12 August, 1994
South Wales Echo, 2 September, 1994
South Wales Echo, 16 January, 1995
The Observer, 2 June, 1996
South Wales Echo, 23 July, 1996
South Wales Echo, 2 September, 1996
South Wales Echo, 15 October, 1996
South Wales Echo, 24 February, 1998
South Wales Echo, 25 February, 1998
NEWSBANK
Guardian, The (London, England), May 14, 2001
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), February 15, 2002
Daily Post (Liverpool, England), April 10, 2003
Wales on Sunday (Cardiff, Wales), April 13, 2003
South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), January 10, 2008
South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), October 10, 2012
Garowe Online (Somalia), September 3, 2022