Overview
Grimley Colliery is set to close as the accountants say there's more
money in it shut than open, even after redundancy payments. It means
1200 job losses, a dying town and the loss of its brass band. But under
the leadership of Danny, coughing with coal-dusted lungs, the band is
somehow transformed into British champions with local lass Gloria
whipping up the money needed to get them to the Albert Hall.