CinemaOSMovie · 2021 · 1h 7m

Thatcher vs The Miners: The Battle for Britain

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On the 5th of March 1985, a crowd gathered in a South Yorkshire pit village to watch a sight none of them had seen in a year. The villagers, many of them in tears, cheered and clapped as the men of Grimethorpe Colliery marched back to work accompanied by the village’s world-famous brass band. The miners and their families had endured months of hardship. It had all been for nothing. The miners had lost the strike called on March 6th 1984. They would lose a lot more in the years to come. But was it a good thing for the country that the miners lost their last battle?

Directed byBrendan Hughes

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 7m
Language
EN
Released
May 31, 2021
Studios
Tern TV

Featuring

Cast & crew

3 credited
Starring
Sarah Parish

Sarah Parish

Self - Narrator (voice)

Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher

Self (archive footage)

Arthur Scargill

Arthur Scargill

Self

Creative team
Directed by
Brendan Hughes

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