Miners' Strike 1984: The Battle for Britain Season 1
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
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Miners' Strike 1984: The Battle for Britain
2024Forty years after, through the eyes of those directly involved, this powerful series explores the bitterly divisive strike that wounded the soul of the nation
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Miners' Strike 1984: The Battle for Britain Season 1 Full Episode Guide
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
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.
The year-long strike was bitterly divisive, nowhere more so than in one Derbyshire pit village - Shirebrook.