- Title: Coppers
- Date: 2nd September 1999
- Summary: In part two of this four part series, Coppers tackles the contentious subject of civil disobedience. From the relatively good-natured banter of the anti-nuclear protests, through the stormy days of the miner's strike, to the violent death of PC Keith Blakelock at Broadwater Farm, brutal actions often replaced the war of words. Soon demonstrations ended in punch-ups rather than 'sit-downs' and the police, facing a hostile public for the first time, developed tougher strategies to keep the peace. Filled with comments and revelations from beat coppers - not traditionally know for their candour, Coppers offers the unofficial history of the last fifty years in the life of the boys and girls in blue
- Description:A social history of the British Police Force
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:Unspecified
- Programme Episode:Episode 2
- Transmission Date:02/09/1999
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s