In 1979, inflation was 14 and a half per cent, and wage demands were in double figures.

There were strikes by train drivers, nurses, even gravediggers and newlyelected Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher vowed to tackle the power of the trade unions.

She was spurred on by a strike here at ITV that began exactly forty years ago tomorrow and left viewers across the country without their favourite programmes for almost three months!

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