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Season 1 – Miners' Strike 1984: The Battle For Britain

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A look at the events of the miners' strike of 1984 to 1985 through the eyes of those directly involved on the front line.

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Carol Midgley The Times (UK) 02/20/2024
5/5
I have heard some shocking stories about the miners’ strike, but the one about Dave Roper’s dead baby in Miners’ Strike: A Frontline Story almost beggars belief. Go to Full Review Jack Seale Guardian 02/19/2024
5/5
Anecdotes drawn from the memories of those who were there, without any historian, politician or journalist to smoothly, coldly contextualise them, makes the 40-year gap between then and now melt away. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
Miners' Strike 1984: The Battle For Britain — Season 1

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Tom Barrow

Director

Zora Kuettner

Producer

Neil Crombie

Executive Producer

Joe Evans

Executive Producer

Christian Collerton

Director

Christian Collerton

Producer

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Jan 25, 2024 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. Details Episode 2 Aired Feb 1, 2024 The Battle of Orgreave, June 18,1984, was the bloodiest single day of the strike. Details Episode 3 Aired Feb 8, 2024 The story of how millionaire David Hart helped the Thatcher government defeat the strike. Details

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Miners' Strike 1984: The Battle For Britain — Season 1

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Season Info

Director
Tom Barrow, Christian Collerton
Executive Producer
Neil Crombie, Joe Evans
Network
Channel 4
Genre
Documentary, History
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Jan 25, 2024