Coal (TV Series)
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Coal is an American documentary
reality television series produced by Original Productions
for Spike. It portrays the real life
events on a coal mine in Westchester
, West Virginia
and the inherent dangers involved.
The series premiered on March 30, 2011 on Spike and in the UK on November 8, 2011 on Discovery.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
reality television series produced by Original Productions
Original Productions
Original Productions is a television production company based in Burbank, CA. It was founded in 1999 by Thom Beers and was acquired by FremantleMedia in 2009 and made into a subsidiary....
for Spike. It portrays the real life
Real life
Real life is a term usually used to denote actual human life lived by real people in contrast with the lives of fictional or fantasy characters.-Usage online and in fiction:On the Internet, "real life" refers to life in the real world...
events on a coal mine in Westchester
Westchester
Westchester may refer to:*Westchester, Connecticut*Westchester, Florida*Westchester, Illinois*Westchester, Indiana*Westchester, Los Angeles, California*Westchester County, New York*The Westchester, a shopping mall in White Plains, New York...
, West Virginia
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...
and the inherent dangers involved.
The series premiered on March 30, 2011 on Spike and in the UK on November 8, 2011 on Discovery.