The Day Britain Stopped (2003)

Directors

Gabriel Range

Cast

Charlotte Green, Eric Carte, Gary Lineker, John Humphrys, Jon Snow, Jonathan Linsley, Katie Derham, Kirsty Young, Philip Hayton, Prue Clarke, Stephen North

The story

In December 2003, 18 months after the Potters Bar rail accident, a fatal train accident near Waverley in Edinburgh leads the ASLEF and RMT trade unions to declare a strike for 19 December on safety grounds, forcing the heavy Christmas rail passenger traffic to use the roads instead. On 19 December, a crossover accident on the M25 motorway closes the motorway in both directions, blocking access to the M23 and Gatwick Airport. A diversion is opened, but a lack of coordination between the Highways Agency and Surrey Police means that the route is quickly gridlocked due to ongoing roadworks.

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