Only now, ten years after the miners' strike, are "the men who kept the lights on" prepared to tell their story. A blackout caused by lack of coal at Britain's power stations would have threatened the Thatcher government and changed our social and industrial history. In this documentary, reporter Richard Lindley persuades the men at all levels in the power industry to reveal the secrets about their tactics during that crucial year.
A Lindley Stone/Laurel production for BBCtv