Synopsis
Seventy years since the Windrush's UK arrival, two kids head to the Caribbean to discover why their grandparents left for a new life in Britain.
- Programme: Newsround Specials
- Episode: Finding My Family - Windrush
- Channel: CBBC
- Broadcast year: 2018
- History | Austerity, Affluence and Discontent, 1951-1980 | 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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