The Miners' Strike 1984: The Battle for Britain Season 1 Episode 1 - Community

Airdate: 2024-Jan-25

Episode summary:

The year-long dispute in the coal mining industry, which was an attempt by unions to prevent the closure of collieries advocated by the government of the day. The strike proved bitterly divisive, nowhere more so than in one Derbyshire pit village, Shirebrook, that came to be split down the middle in an increasingly violent struggle between striking and working miners. This episode tells the story of how Shirebrook descended into violence and division - a microcosm of what was happening in communities across the country.

About The Miners' Strike 1984: The Battle for Britain series:

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