Brixton: Flames on the Frontline

The Brixton uprising sparks a summer of discontent as rioting breaks out across the country - this is no longer just about Brixton. Questions start being asked: Why is this really happening? What are the causes?

Britain is forced to start acknowledging racism, discrimination and prejudice across society. It’s the start of a conversation which is still being had today.

This podcast includes strong language, use of racist terms and descriptions of violence.

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Credits

Series Producer: Ben Robinson

Molotov cocktails, burning buildings, police cars smashed, running battles on the streets - London has never seen anything like this. Brixton explodes in an orgy of violence fuelled by a boiling sense of anger and injustice among the black community.

This podcast includes strong language, use of racist terms and descriptions of violence.

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Series Producer Ben Robinson

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 firebombing and accuse the police of failing to investigate properly.

Thousands of people from across the country descend on London for a march to demand justice. Organisers say more than 20,000 people take part in the Black People’s Day of Action - at the time the biggest ever protest led by black people in the UK.

This podcast includes strong language, use of racist terms and descriptions of violence.

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Dramatisation

Series Producer: Ben Robinson

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. They feel their grief is compounded by a lack of compassion shown by the authorities. It feels like black lives don’t matter. The aftermath fuels the anger that will lead to the riots in Brixton just months later.

This podcast includes strong language, use of racist terms and descriptions of violence.

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Series Producer: Ben Robinson

Sound systems. Reggae. Blues parties. Music pulses through Brixton - it’s a way of life and provides an escape from a tough world. But police are raiding parties which ratchets up resentment against the authorities.

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Gangs of far right racist thugs are attacking immigrants on the streets and in their homes. Now they’re turning their attention to black power organisations and Brixton is in their sights – with terrifying consequences. And one man is on trial for a string of crimes he didn’t commit. Will the British justice system prevail?

This podcast includes strong language, racist terms and descriptions of violence.

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Dramatisation

Series Producer: Ben Robinson

Resentment towards the police in Brixton grows as people face a series of injustices. But black power is fighting back.

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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 a course to the Brixton riots years later.

This podcast includes strong language, racist terms and descriptions of violence.

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Forty years ago, Brixton burned. It was the people versus the police as riots broke out over a spring weekend.

Big Narstie speaks to the people involved to reveal the causes of the violence.

A series of injustices shaped and tainted people’s lives and caused resentment to grow until it couldn’t be contained.

The uprising changed the national conversations on identity and race and was a catalyst for changes to policing across the UK.

Big Narstie explores the impact of the riots on individual lives - and on the whole of society - in the new podcast ‘Brixton: Flames on the Frontline’.

Coming soon.