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Windrush (1998) · WatchGuide

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Windrush

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Documentary

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Genre: Documentary
Origin: GB

About

Windrush is a 4-part series of one hour television documentaries originally broadcast on BBC2 in 1998 to mark the 50th anniversary of the arrival in Britain of the Empire Windrush, the ship which brought the first wave of post-war West Indian immigrants.

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Region

Not available to stream in United States yet. It is in United Kingdom.

Details

Status: Ended
First aired: May 30, 1998
Network: BBC Two
Studio: BBC

Time to finish

3 hrs

4 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

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Cast

Lenny Henry

Lenny Henry

Self

Doreen Lawrence

Self

Valerie Amos

Valerie Amos

Self

Diane Abbott

Diane Abbott

Self

Paul Boateng

Self

Jazzie B

Self

Patrick Robinson

Patrick Robinson

Self - Narrator (voice)

Ulric Cross

Self

Linton Kwesi Johnson

Linton Kwesi Johnson

Self

Stuart Hall

Stuart Hall

Self

John Tyndall

Self

Darcus Howe

Self

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Episodes

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E1 · Airs May 30, 1998 · 58m
Arrival
This part follows the initial warm reception, the growing sense of rejection and isolation, and the first flash point of racial intolerance in Britain.
E2 · Airs Jun 6, 1998 · 59m
Intolerance
The 1959 Notting Hill riots saw the murder of Kelso Cochrane, the first acknowledged racial killing in Britain. But the story is not all bleak. Against increasing racial division came the black churches, the growth of communities and the beginning of the fight to be recognised.
E3 · Airs Jun 13, 1998 · 59m
A New Generation
Focusing on the education of black children, their search for an identity through their music and lifestyle, and the tragedy of the New Cross house fire in 1981.
E4 · Airs Jun 20, 1998 · 59m
A British Story
The 1990s saw the emergence of a new black British identity, with black peers in the House of Lords and black celebrities in sport, entertainment and broadcasting.