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5. Deal or No Deal
Will frantic efforts to get a deal over pit closures bring the strike to an end?
6. A Winter's Tale
As autumn turns to winter, the going gets tough for the miners on the picket line.
7. Going Back
As the miners and their families celebrate Christmas, is the end of the strike in sight?
8. The Reckoning
Were the miners doomed from the beginning of the strike? And what happened afterwards?
The Story of Strike
Jonny Owen selects highlights from the podcast series about the 1984-85 miners' strike.