Panorama · SEASON 32
Is The Coal Face Crumbling?
Episode 26 · 1984-09-17

- Documentary
- News
Episode overview
Six months into the miners' strike, 'Panorama' speaks to all sides about the ongoing dispute. Representatives of the National Coal Board explain their 'back to work' policy, while those who have already returned to work explain their decision and their feelings about being branded 'scabs'. We also hear from the wives of the miners still on strike, whose fury over strike-breakers matches their determination to win the battle.
Season 32 episodes
1. Episode 11984-01-01
2. Vietnam: Children of the Dust1984-01-09
3. The Illusive Peace (Israel and the PLO)1984-01-23
4. Maggie's Militant Tendency1984-01-30
5. Will the Cap Fit?1984-02-06
6. Hands That Once Picked Cotton1984-02-13
7. The Television Revolution1984-02-20
8. The Electric Shock1984-02-27
9. Bitter Sweet Pill1984-03-05
10. Super Tuesday1984-03-12
11. America's Other Election1984-03-19
12. The Habit the Government Won't Break1984-03-26
13. The Certain Road to Absurdity1984-04-02
14. The Prime Minister1984-04-09
15. On Course for War1984-04-16
16. The Coal War1984-04-30
17. The Bradford Experiment1984-05-14
18. The Stolen Children1984-05-21
19. The President's World1984-06-04
20. A Vote For Europe?1984-06-11
21. Turning The Mersey Tide1984-06-18
22. The Battle Against Heroin1984-06-25
23. The Police Bill: Excessive Force?1984-07-02
24. Living Dangerously1984-07-09
25. Limehouse Blues1984-09-10
26. Is The Coal Face Crumbling?1984-09-17
27. Prisoners Of Zion1984-09-24
28. Live from Labour Party Conference1984-10-01
29. Thatcher Revolution: What Next?1984-10-08
30. The Battle For Power1984-10-15
31. Rethinking The Unthinkable1984-10-22
32. The Sale Of The Century?1984-10-29
33. Four More Years?1984-11-05
34. Justice Under Fire1984-11-12
35. Spain: The Carrot And The Stick1984-11-19
36. Scandal Down Under1984-11-26
37. Wasting Welfare1984-12-03
38. To the bitter end?1984-12-10
39. O Come All Ye Faithful?1984-12-17