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Episode 1: The Fuse is Lit

Brixton is the centre of the world for a group of kids growing up – but racism intrudes. This podcast includes strong language, racist terms and descriptions of violence.

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 includes strong language, racist terms and descriptions of violence.

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Credits:
Presenter: Big Narstie
Producer: Ben Robinson
Editor: Gail Champion
Executive Producer: Natasha Johansson
Sound Design: Wayne Parkes and Sam Turner
Additional production: Jane Andrews and Annabel Deas
Research: Derrick Bennett and Imogen Rhodes
Digital Producers: Stuart Birch, Eleanor Layhe and John Watts
Additional Archive: from The Museum of London
Story Consultant: John Yorke
With thanks to Paul Field

Dramatisation:
by Roy Williams
Tony Cealy played by Sheyi Cole
Produced by Lorna Newman and Simon Highfield

Series Producer: Ben Robinson
Series Editor: Gail Champion

Release date:

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30 minutes

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