Strike: An Uncivil War

Ignore the Tory on here saying "subjective rubbish". Sometimes things don't need a subjective view - calling hard working honest communities "the enemy within" is despicable. More people like these lads and this country might actually have something about it again.

This is well made and long overdue. One of my favourite movies is Brassed Off which is very much parallel to some of this. Working class people keep this bloody place going and those that believe they're above them and see them as people not to be taken seriously need bringing back down to earth. We waste too much money here on nonsense, talentless reality celebrities and characterless footballers.

No attempt made to provide any objectivity other than a couple of disgruntled ex police officers wheeled out to support the general tenor of the documentary. One might suppose from the content that the 5000 striking miners descending on Orgreave were there , in their' jeans and T shirts ' for a lovely nature ramble and were then set on by the thuggish lacky's of Mrs Thatcher's fascist state for no good reason . In fact the 5000 were there ( illegally as secondary pickets) to bring the rest of the country ( old and ill included) to its knees by disrupting power supplies and were out thought and out muscled by a ( thankfully) well organised police force. Did the police occasionally use too much force? Inevitability in such a large scale confrontation although nothing like the force that would have been brought to bear in any other country at that time.

The in depth view from the miners perspective was insightful, however it lacks any form of objectivity. Viewers looking for an accurate and balanced account of this period need to look else where.

The in depth view from the miners perspective was insightful, however it lacks any form of objectivity. Viewers looking for an accurate and balanced account of this period need to look else where.

The in depth view from the miners perspective was insightful, however it lacks any form of objectivity. Viewers looking for an accurate and balanced account of this period need to look else where.

Many thanks.

Some really good interviews with ex miners and great footage, however it is very one sided in its politics ignoring the fact general strikes and flying pickets had been made illegal, it doesn't really go into how the country was being paralysed by mass striking, doesn't mention the 3 day week and the investigative journalists insinuate military tactics were being used by police in disorder such as baton guns which werent used, and state a change in police tactics needs to be voted on in parliment which is also incorrect

Scargill's role in the strikes was mainly over looked.

A shame as there is some really good stuff and is still definitely worth a watch purely for the eye witness accounts and footage.

Couldn't help but compare this documentary to modern Britain. Forty years on and it's seems the government are using the same formula that Margaret Thatcher used all those years ago.

The documentary is told by the miners who are still waiting for answers. I found it incredibly raw and quite harrowing at times. Hearing how communities were ripped apart and how families lives have never been the same since made it difficult to watch at times.

The documentary made me think that the agenda back then is very, very similar to what's happening in our country now. The government Vs the working class.