A taxi driver was simply doing his job during the miners' strike in 1984, when an object was hurled onto the motorway, crushing his car and killing him in the process. Three men had been charged with murder. However, one insisted to the police that he had played no part in the crime. Against the backdrop of the bitter clash between miners and the government, the trial was set to begin. No one could predict how the legal proceedings would end… (Part 2 of 2).
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This episode was researched and written by Eileen Macfarlane.
Edited by Joel Porter at Dot Dot Dot Productions.
Script editing, additional writing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton.
Narration, additional audio editing and mixing, and script editing by Benjamin Fitton.
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MUSIC:
Leaking Dawn by Cody Martin
Creeper by Hill
The Only One In The Room by CJ Oliver
Avoiding Mutiny by Cody Martin
Cain by Cody Martin
Dream Sequence by Cody Martin
Every Life Matters by Cody Martin
Final Moments by Cody Martin
Forbidden Wing by Cody Martin
Outer Rim by Cody Martin
Sabotage by Cody Martin
Tainted By Darkness by Cody Martin
Rising Sun by Colossus
Dance Of The Dying Swan by Enoch Yang
Determination by Lincoln Davis
Memories Of Future Events by Hill
The Way Back by Moments
Worth by Shimmer
St Mary by Chelsea McGough And Stephen Keech
The Space Between by Chelsea McGough
Allied by Wicked Cinema
Reconciliation by Wicked Cinema
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