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6.5/10   36 votes
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Director:
David Thacker
Writer:
William Ivory (writer)
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Release Date:
28 February 2005 (UK) more
Genre:
Drama
Plot:
A gripping story of love, deceit, betrayal and survival set against the backdrop of the Miners' Strike of 1984-85. full summary | add synopsis
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A brilliant and moving drama more (1 total)

Cast

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Christine Tremarco ... Michelle Andrews
Jamie Draven ... Gary Mark Andrews
Kelli Hollis ... Bev

Maxine Peake ... Linda
Adrian Bower ... Paul
Christine Cox ... Mam
Glynn Courtney ... Mickey
Clive Russell ... Gordon
Danny Cunningham ... Colin
David MacCreedy ... Charlie
Mark Whiteley ... Addy
Dimitri Andreas ... Nico
Charlotte Radcliffe ... Claire
David Prosho ... Sgt. Green
Barbara Marten ... Doreen
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
102 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Colour:
Colour
Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Filming Locations:
Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK
Company:
Screen Yorkshire more

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Trivia:
Employed over 350 local people as extras, taken from the mining communities of Hatfield, Stainforth and Thorne, near Doncaster in South Yorkshire. more

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A brilliant and moving drama, 1 March 2005
9/10
Author: Wishingstar34 from United Kingdom

Faith was an extremely good drama and I was very moved whilst watching it. The concept of using real time interview footage from key players during the miners strike, such as Margaret Thatcher, was inspired as it gave the programme a third dimension. Even though politics was clearly hinted at by the emphatic speeches of certain characters it was so much more than a political drama. It showed the personal battles of all four main characters against a much wider backdrop of emotion that ranged from despair to hope. The tragic ending left me very distressed as the programme allowed you to become very attached to all characters. Having the four different viewpoints gave the story a good balance and there were excellent performances from Maxine Peake and Christine Tremarco as the two sisters. On the whole it was an excellent drama, the only bad thing was that it was a bit biased against the police and perhaps unfair in its portrayal of them at times. I enjoyed watching it very much and it left a deep impression on me.

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