Miners' Strike 1984: The Battle for Britain (2024)

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1 Season

January 25, 2024

English

Documentary

Synopsis

Forty years after, through the eyes of those directly involved, this powerful series explores the bitterly divisive strike that wounded the soul of the nation

Creator

Neil Crombie, Joe Evans

Network

Channel 4

Episodes

Community

Jan 25, 2024

47 min

The year-long strike was bitterly divisive, nowhere more so than in one Derbyshire pit village - Shirebrook.

Law and Order

Feb 1, 2024

47 min

The story of the Battle of Orgreave: the bloodiest episode in the year-long strike. Including footage that reveals the startling nature of some of the policing that day.

Power

Feb 8, 2024

47 min

The story of how businessman David Hart helped Thatcher's government finally defeat the strike - waging a propaganda war and exploiting splits among Nottinghamshire miners