Cardiff 1999. The city's booming. The skyline's dominated by a giant new stadium and the derelict docks are being reborn as Cardiff Bay. The Welsh Assembly kicks off in a welter of sexual scandal, fireworks and Shirley Bassey.
Cardiff 1999. Charlie Unger's dead, been lying in his flat for a week. Charlie was old Cardiff through and through. Like Dame Shirley, he was a black kid from Tiger Bay. He found fame and fortune in the fifties as a boxer, lightweight champion of the world. Charlie's funeral brought the Wurriyas back together again - five lost souls looking for a place in their city's brave new millennium.
'Cardiff Dead' paints an unforgettable picture of an unfamiliar new Wales, from developers' boardrooms to prostitutes pubs, from boxing gyms to surfing beaches. Funny, dark and fresh - this is one from the heart.
