Drama based on events during the 1984/85 miners strike. One of the first dramatised accounts, it was written by Geoffrey Case and directed by Gordon Flemyng for Yorkshire Television and won the Rai award at the Prix Italia and the Prix Futura at the Berlin Film Festival in 1987.
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Brian Southwood
Selby
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Eddie Caswell
Tony
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Malcolm Raeburn
Malcolm
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Mary Wray
Pat
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Rita May
Janice
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Lesley Daine
Clair
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Reg Briggs
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Alan Hulse
Wayne
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Joe Belcher
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Link
Dicken Ashworth
Brian
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Barrie Shore
Marjorie
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Alan Starkey
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Gordon Flemyng Director · Geoffrey Case Writer
First release January 1, 1987 · Produced in United Kingdom
Production
Yorkshire Television
Production
United Kingdom
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Original language
English
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English
Release dates
United Kingdom · January 1, 1987
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No release date listed for United States.
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