Miners' Strike 1984: The Battle for Britain

Season 1

2024 • 3 Episodes

Episodes

Community - Miners' Strike 1984: The Battle for Britain

1. Community

January 25, 2024

The year-long strike was bitterly divisive, nowhere more so than in one Derbyshire pit village - Shirebrook.

Law and Order - Miners' Strike 1984: The Battle for Britain

2. Law and Order

February 1, 2024

The story of the Battle of Orgreave: the bloodiest episode in the year-long strike. Including footage that reveals the startling nature of some of the policing that day.

Power - Miners' Strike 1984: The Battle for Britain

3. Power

February 8, 2024

The story of how businessman David Hart helped Thatcher's government finally defeat the strike - waging a propaganda war and exploiting splits among Nottinghamshire miners