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When Mark was just 10, he found himself slap bang in the middle of what would become Britain鈥檚 longest and bitterest industrial dispute - the miners鈥� strike of 1984-5. Growing up in the Nottinghamshire pit village of Stanton Hill, Mark鈥檚 dad was a local union leader and backed the strike from the start, in an area where most miners carried on working.

But, until now, Mark鈥檚 never really had a proper conversation with his dad about what happened that year, the different forces at play, and the decisions he took.

Archive: AP Archive (shouting pickets); 鲍鱼tv.

Presenter: Mark Watson
Series Producer: Simon Maybin
Editor: Clare Fordham
Sound mix: James Beard
Production Co-ordinator: Ellie Dover
Commissioning Executive: Tracy Williams
Commissioning Editor: Dan Clarke