The miners decide

Title

The miners decide

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference; Vox pop; Speech; Parliamentary debate; Music; Advertisement; Special

TX Date

3 Mar 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:45:43

Description

Peter Sissons presents a Channel 4 News special about the end of the miners’ strike following the decision of the NUM conference today. Also on calls for amnesty for those sacked during the dispute; cost of the strike; future of the industry. With reports, vox pops and interviews on the issues. Speaking are: Jack Taylor?, Yorkshire NUM; Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher; Coal Board spokesman Michael Eaton; Labour Party energy spokesman Stanley Orme; miners at Llanilleth Miners Institute, Cortonwood Pit, brass band festival in Sheffield and outside conference today; Scottish miner Stuart Shephard(?); Sean Davy(?), sacked for stealing coal; NUM branch committee member Peter Fulbrook(?) who broke the Mines and Quarries act by going underground without supervision to end a sit-in; NUM leader Arthur Scargill; Chancellor Nigel Lawson. Reporters: industrial correspondent Ian Ross; Nicholas Owen; Michael Crick; science correspondent Lawrence McGinty. Closes with montage of speeches, rally actuality and interviews. Also includes adverts; snooker highlights from the final of the Dulux British Open.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Arthur Scargill; Nigel Lawson; Stan Orme; Michael Eaton; Michael Crick; Channel 4; Peter Sissons; Nicholas Owen; Ian Ross; Jack Taylor?; Peter Fulbrook(?); Stuart Shephard; Sean Davy(?); Lawrence McGinty

Keywords

Trade unions; Government; Labour disputes; Imports; Working conditions; Violence; Employment; Conferences; Nuclear energy; Fuels; NUM; Coal industry; Central Electricity Generating Board; Coal miners; NCB; Oil; Courts; Coal; Labour law; Coal mines; Coal Strike (1984-1985); Working time; Costs; Dismissal from employment; Funds; Rallies (gatherings); NACODS; Industry legislation; Mine closures; Ball sports; Snooker; Betteshanger colliery; Strikes (events); Cortonwood Colliery

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