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The Way preview: Michael Sheen's vision of a worker's uprising is the most nakedly political drama screened on primetime TV for 40 years
Michael Sheen's vision of a workers' uprising in South Wales is the most nakedly political drama screened on primetime British TV for 40 years.
The Way tells the story of the Driscoll family as they become involved in civil unrest in Port Talbot sparked by foreign investors taking over the steelworks leading to horrific work conditions for locals who rely on the industry for jobs Even gullible Geoff abandons compromise and grows a backbone, smashing a glass case in the museum to seize an ancient Welsh sword for the battle (there’s a lot of that mythical Celtic imagery, what with the steelworks’ eternal flame and what have you). The drama comes after, in real life, unions at Port Talbot’s Tata Steel were told earlier this month that more than 1,900 jobs are at risk, with the phased closure of two blast furnaces.
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