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Miners' Strike 1984: The Battle For Britain

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Miners' Strike 1984: The Battle For Britain

...for Britain: The shady story of how businessman David Hart helped Thatcher's government to finally defeat the strike via a propaganda war, exploiting the splits among miners. (Ep3/3)

February 2024
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Episode 1

...for Britain: 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. (Ep1/3)
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Episode 2

...for Britain: The story of the Battle of Orgreave - the bloodiest day of the year-long strike. Exclusive footage reveals the startling nature of some of the policing. (Ep2/3)
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