The Miners' Strike 1984: The Battle for Britain Season 1 Episode 3 - Power

Airdate: 2024-Feb-08

Episode summary:

The actions of millionaire Tory supporter David Hart, who worked behind the scenes to help Margaret Thatcher's government defeat the prolonged strike by exploiting divisions between working and striking miners in the key county of Nottinghamshire. When - with Hart's help - legal action was brought against the National Union of Mineworkers to freeze bank accounts, its chief executive Roger Windsor sought money from a controversial source - Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi

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 >