Miners' Strike 1984: The Battle for Britain
2024 · 1 season · 3 episodes · Returning Series · Channel 4
Documentary
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
Episodes
- S01E01Community2024-01-2547m
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
- S01E02Law and Order2024-02-0147m
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.
- S01E03Power2024-02-0847m
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.
