Documentary series looking at the plight of the Nottinghamshire miners as the coal industry goes into decline. Heroes. A tunnel collapses at
Bilsthorpe colliery, three men die and three more are trapped deep underground. This week's programme takes up the story as miner Ray tells how he crawled through the shifting rubble to rescue a man trapped in the 30 metre rock fall. The accident brings out press and politicians in force. Was the accident the result of the drive to dig more coal per shift? More pits close and the price of coal falls, but its cost has never seemed higher.
Producers Chartes Stewart and Malcolm Hirst
Executive producer Paul Hamann
Produced by Partners in Production for BBCtv
Followed by Video Nation Subtitled