Not a Penny off the Pay, Not a Second on the Day

**** BBC Radio 4 Extra marks the centenary of the United Kingdom's only General Strike: 4th-12th May 1926.

Tony Benn explores the causes behind and the legacy of the 1926 General Strike - a dispute which divided the country along class lines.

While miners said that they would rather starve than concede, for some it was just a kind of game, with volunteers fulfilling boyhood dreams by driving trams, buses and trains.

As well as being a pivotal moment for the development of British industrial relations, it was also important for the future of the BBC.

Producer: Andrea Kidd

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2001.