The miners' darkest year
Twenty years ago, Britain's miners embarked on a strike over pit closures. In the year-long struggle that ensued, the biggest losers were ordinary miners.

Hurt and pain of the Coal War
BBC Wales' political editor on the raw emotions he found still running in the valleys, 20 years after the miners' strike.

Miners' strike was 'battle of ideas'
BBC Scotland correspondent Colin Blane reflects on the turbulent times he saw in the Scottish coalfield.

'I was called a scab and my family were threatened'
Neil Greatrex was a founder the breakaway Union of Democratic Mineworkers who refused to strike, leading to accusations of being a 'scab'.

'I was a flying picket'
As an idealistic young miner, Tony Fletcher wholeheartedly backed the strike and was arrested several times while picketing.

Woman supporter
Anne Suddick was a secretary working for the NUM when the strike started but it was a family tragedy that got her involved in supporting striking miners.

Policing the pickets
An officer from Bedfordshire police recalls the difficulties of policing the 1984 miners' strike.

Colliery bandsman
Andrew Lincoln was a miner but also a talented tuba player. For him, 1984 is the year he was picked to play with the country's top colliery band.

Was the strike inevitable?
Former energy secretary, Peter Walker, and Kim Howells, ex-NUM official now a Labour minister, discuss.

The trade unions' long decline
BBC News Online explores whether the miners' strike caused the demise of the trade union movement.

Can the UK coal industry survive?
Twenty years on from the miners' strike, does coal production in the UK have a future?

UK Coal sees loss crumble to £1m
Cost-cutting and higher coal prices fuel a sharp improvement in annual results from UK Coal.

Burning desire remains for coal
The UK may have closed most of its mines, but more coal is being produced around the world than ever before.

A wife's story
A campaigning miner's wife during the strike recalls how the men would have cracked without women's backing.

A policeman's lot
The officer who ran the policing of the 1984-5 strike in south Wales recalls the day a miner broke the strike.

The legacy of 'King Arthur'
NUM leader Arthur Scargill's determination to dig in for a long fight elevated the miners' strike into a political struggle.

Thatcher and the 'enemies within'
Margaret Thatcher was the nemesis of the trade unions, which have never recovered from her assault on their rights during the 1980s.

Iron Lady versus union baron
Patrick Hannan explains how the miners' strike was a clash between two iron-willed individuals, determined to shape the country's future.

Ian MacGregor: Coal warrior
BBC Scotland correspondent Colin Blane profiles the national coal board chairman who was involved in the miners' strike.

Scottish miners reflect
Two former miners discuss their views and experiences of the 1984 miners' strike.

No ordinary dispute
A human resource management expert reflects on the impact of the 1984 miners' strike.