About this season
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 (3)
E1
1. Community
Aired 25 January 2024 • 47 min
The year-long strike was bitterly divisive, nowhere more so than in one Derbyshire pit village - Shirebrook.
E2
2. Law and Order
Aired 1 February 2024 • 47 min
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.
E3
3. Power
Aired 8 February 2024 • 47 min
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