Reel History of Britain - Season 1 Episode 4 Britain's Black Diamonds
At the Big Pit Mining Museum in South Wales, Melvyn looks back to the 1930s and salutes Britain's Black Diamonds, brave miners who risked their lives digging for the coal that powered an Empire. Vicky Stradling tells the shocking truth about one of the worst disasters in coal mining history. Melvyn goes underground to learn about the limited safety equipment used by coalminers in the 1930s. And David Bogg reveals the occupational hazards of working with pit ponies.
First Air Date: Sep 05, 2011
Last Air date: Sep 30, 2011
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 18 Episode
Runtime: 26 minutes
IMDb: 6.00/10 by 1.00 users
Popularity: 0.694
Language: English
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Season
Season 1
Episode
Britain's Wartime Evacuees
Britain's First Teenagers
Soldier, Soldier
Britain's Black Diamonds
The Roaring Twenties
Britain's Home Guard
Britain's National Disgrace
Britain On the Move
The Glory Days of Fishing
The Birth of the NHS
Steel Ships and Iron Men
A Right Royal Knees Up
Britain's Green and Pleasant Land
Long to Reign Over Us
Streets in the Sky
The End of the Line
Dawn of a New Era
Beside the Seaside
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