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40 years on from the Battle of Orgreave, Strike: An Uncivil War tells the story of the most violent confrontation between miners and police during the 1984/85 Miners’ Strike.
The year-long Miners’ Strike was the most divisive and violent industrial dispute that Britain has ever witnessed. Using powerful personal testimony, previously hidden government documents and a treasure trove of never-before-seen archive material, Strike: An Uncivil War charts the lead up, the aftermath and the unprecedented events at Orgreave on 18th June 1984.
Witness at first hand the stories and recollections of the people on the front lines of Orgreave and the Strike, which split communities and the nation in two, and whose ripples still resonate to this very day.