Synopsis Of The Way, 2024 TV Series

Following the self-immolation of a steelworker, whose son recently died in an industrial accident at the Port Talbot steelworks, tensions are running high between the workforce of Port Talbot Steelworks and its new foreign owners over fears of a surreptitious closure. Geoff Driscoll, a trade union steward haunted by memories of his father, who committed suicide following the failure of the 1984 miners' strike, attempts to come to an agreement with management that quells anger amongst the workforce but his efforts are undermined by a broken promise from the management. The workers, inspired by reports of the mythical "red monk" and speeches by Geoff's estranged wife, Dee, hold a successful strike ballot and begin a blockade of the steelworks...