Name: Miners' Strike 1984: The Battle for Britain
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2024-01-25

Episodes

1. Community

2024-01-25 | 47m

The miners strike of 1984-85 wounded and re-shaped the nation and was bitterly divisive, nowhere more so than in one Derbyshire pit village, Shirebrook. A look at the events of the strike through the eyes of those directly involved

2. Law and Order

2024-02-01 | 47m

New revelations about the bloodiest day of the strike, the 'Battle of Orgreave', and its aftermath for those who took part, featuring footage from the perspective of the miners which has never been broadcast before.

3. Power

2024-02-08 | 47m

How millionaire businessman David Hart helped Thatcher's government defeat the strike by exploiting splits between striking and working miners in one key county - Nottinghamshire.