Brixton: Flames on the Frontline Podcast
1) 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. Questions start being asked: Why is this really happening? What are ...Show More
2) Episode 7: Brixton Burns
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...Show More
3) Episode 6: No Going Back
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 prop...Show More
4) Episode 5: The Hardest Day
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 compassi...Show More
5) Episode 4: Sides are Taken
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 t...Show More
6) Episode 3: Feel the Heat
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 terri...Show More
7) Episode 2: Fuel to the Fire
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 changes forever when he’s falsely accused of crimes he didn...Show More
8) Episode 1: The Fuse is Lit
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 inc...Show More
9) Coming soon...
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 serie...Show More