
Episode 8: From the Ashes
The Brixton uprising sparks a summer of discontent as rioting breaks out across the country - this is no longer just about Brixton. Question...
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Forty years ago Brixton burned. It was the people versus the police. Violence erupted on the streets. What happened changed the face of Britain – for everyone.

The Brixton uprising sparks a summer of discontent as rioting breaks out across the country - this is no longer just about Brixton. Question...

Molotov cocktails, burning buildings, police cars smashed, running battles on the streets - London has never seen anything like this. Brixto...

There is fury at a lack of compassion shown by the authorities to the victims of the New Cross Fire. Many are convinced it was a racist fire...

A birthday party ends in tragedy when 13 young people die in a house fire. People are convinced it has been caused by a racist arson attack....

Sound systems. Reggae. Blues parties. Music pulses through Brixton - it’s a way of life and provides an escape from a tough world. But polic...

Gangs of far right racist thugs are attacking immigrants on the streets and in their homes. Now they’re turning their attention to black pow...

Resentment towards the police in Brixton grows as people face a series of injustices. But black power is fighting back. And one man’s life c...

The childhoods of a group of kids in Brixton are punctured by the threat of racism. That realisation changes their lives - and sets them on...