by EMILE ZOLA. translated by LEONARD TANCOCK dramatised in five parts by DAVID HOPKINS
3: ttienne Lantier is excited by the prospect of a strike in order to improve the working conditions of the miners - but Maheu is more cautious - afraid of the repercussions. Souvarine, the anarchist. warns them that only by destroying society can they win. Narrator PAT CONNELL
Directed by KAY PATRICK BBC Manchester