Synopsis
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.
- Programme: Windrush (2008)
- Episode: 03: A New Generation
- Channel: BBC Four
- Broadcast year: 2008
- History | Austerity, Affluence and Discontent, 1951-1982 | Austerity, Affluence and Discontent | Immigration
Licence: ERA Licence required
Free to watch for UK schools, colleges and universities with an ERA Licence
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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