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  1. Mining unions (1986)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on mining unions, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and breakaway Union of Democratic Mineworkers (UDM). Includes interviews with Arthur Scargill, NUM, talking about workers who were sacked for...

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  2. Threats against UDM members (1985)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Report on alleged threats against members of the new breakaway Union of Democratic Mineworkers by miners at Westoe Colliery in Tyneside, including an alleged attempt to run down UDM leader George Hunter....

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  3. Miners strike - Policemen injured in picket line violence (1984)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on picket line violence during the miners’ strike. Superintendent Peter Lodge of South Yorkshire Police describes how his officers were confronted with a road-block outside Silverwood Colliery....

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  4. Miners strike - Miners head back to work (1985)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Vox pop

    Report on the National Executive Meeting where NUM protesters shouted at executives outside its headquarters and on miners returning to work as the strike draws to a bitter end. Includes vox pop with male...

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  5. Unions react to NCB pit closure plans (1983)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on Sir Norman Siddall’s departure from the National Coal Board, and the ongoing resistance of miners’ unions to pit closure plans. Cardowan union official Jim McCafferty(?) says miners will win...

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  6. Miners strike - Ian MacGregor and Arthur Scargill on Channel 4 News (1984)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on the appearance of National Coal Board Chairman Ian MacGregor and National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) leader Arthur Scargill on ITN’s Channel 4 News. Includes interview with the channel’s head...

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  7. Coal miners escape after pit tunnel collapse (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Press conference

    A pit boss is being hailed a hero this morning after risking his life to help save ten of his men. They were trapped for six hours after a tunnel caved in at High Moor Colliery in North Derbyshire. All...

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  8. Down to earth (1979)

    Genre
    Feature

    Independent Radio presents Down to Earth: A Story of Coal and Colliers, part of a series written and produced by Ralph Bernard, narrated by Frank Windsor, researched by Tim Whyatt and Julie Fletcher; music...

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  9. Miners strike - Film censored (1984)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Kevin Murphy reports on a banned mineworkers’ film. A film featuring Coal Board chairman Ian MacGregor was shown to miners in the canteen at Rossington Colliery in Yorkshire. Yesterday, the National Union...

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  10. End of miners strike with retrospective on dispute (1985)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Speech; Vox pop

    Report on the end of the miners’ strike including opposition from miners in Kent, Yorkshire and Scotland to the NUM decision to return to work and on the cost to the economy. Includes interviews with Kent...

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