The Coal War

David Williams presents a documentary marking the 20th anniversary of the miners' strike, which recreates the key events of the struggle through the accounts of those involved. He uncovers the details of the secret meetings that took place between the coal board and the miners in South Wales to attempt to end the conflict, and interviews the widow of a Merthyr Vale taxi driver who was killed when a concrete block was dropped on his car as he took a strike breaker to work