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  1. Miners strike - Funeral of David Jones, first miner to die on picket lines (1984)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on the funeral of 23 year-old David Jones, the first miner to die on the picket lines in 1984. With comment from Arthur Scargill, leader of the National Union of Mineworkers; Jack Taylor, leader of...

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  2. Miners strike - Police stopping pickets (1984)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on the new moves being made by striking miners in Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire and the police efforts to stop them. Includes comment from Yorkshire miners’ leader Jack Taylor. Male reporter not...

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  3. Miners strike - Picket violence and motorway blockade (1984)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Yorkshire miners’ leader Jack Taylor on his miners blocking the M1 motorway and accusations they are using violence. Male interviewer not identified.

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  4. Miners strike - Wives rally (1984)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Speech

    Report on a rally by miners’ wives in Barnsley against the planned pit closures. Includes cheers and chants and NUM leader Arthur Scargill’s speech to the wives and interviews afterwards with Scargill...

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  5. Miners strike - Yorkshire action (1984)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Jack Taylor, the leader of the Yorkshire Miners, on the court action of two of it’s members; actions of Chris Butcher of Nottingham, who calls himself the Silver Birch; wanting the strikes...

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  6. Libyan oil and sacked miners (1985)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Speech

    Report on the amount of oil bought from Libya during the miners strike and the issue of sacked miners discussed at the NUM conference. It looks at the Nottinghamshire miners rejecting the idea of a special...

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  7. Miners strike - Arthur Scargill on new hopes for negotiations (1985)

    Genre
    News report; Press conference

    Report on the meeting between Peter Heathfield, General Secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers, and National Coal Board industrial relations director Ned Smith. NUM president Arthur Scargill and...

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  8. The miners decide (1985)

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

    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...

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  9. Jack Taylor on Frickley miners’ dispute (1987)

    Genre
    Interview

    Jack Taylor, Yorkshire President of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) appealing to striking miners in the area of Frickley, Yorkshire to return to work and follow union policy. Male interviewer not...

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