The Last Fare / David Wilkie & The Miners’ Strike - Part 2

The Last Fare / David Wilkie & The Miners’ Strike - Part 2

Author: They Walk Among Us October 26, 2025 Duration: 54:36

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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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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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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