The Reunion: Brixton Riots

Series 15, episode 0

Sue MacGregor reunites five people who lived through the dramatic events that stunned the nation in April 1981 when simmering tensions erupted into an all-out battle between police and Brixton youths. Joining Sue are novelist Alex Wheatle, Ted Knight, then the leader of Lambeth Borough Council, journalist and broadcaster Darcus Howe and former policemen Brian Paddick and Peter Bleksley