The Salford Scuttlers
Descendants of rival gang leaders in 1890s Salford and descendants of the judge who tried to stop them tell their family stories.
Press hysteria and public panic gripped 1890s Salford as it erupted into postcode violence. Rival gangs of youths, known as scuttlers, clashed in pitched street battles. Magistrate Joseph Makinson attempted to stamp out the epidemic of gang warfare by giving the scuttlers a taste of their own medicine.
More than a century later, descendants of the rival gang leaders and descendants of the judge who tried to stop them tell their family stories, and ask whether violence is still part of life in working-class Salford.
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Shock treatment
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Scuttling Salford
Duration: 00:53
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Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Red Right Hand
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Arctic Monkeys
Do I Wanna Know?
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Nils Frahm
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Joy Division
Disorder
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Executive Producer | Ruth Shurman |
| Producer | Ashley Gething |
| Director | Ashley Gething |
| Series Producer | Joseph Bullman |
Broadcasts
Thu 24 Mar 2016 20:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Northern Ireland & Wales- Thu 24 Mar 2016 23:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Northern Ireland
- Sat 26 Mar 2016 20:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Wales
- Thu 14 Apr 2016 01:15
- Tue 30 May 2017 21:00
- Wed 31 May 2017 01:30
- Wed 28 Nov 2018 13:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Scotland
- Wed 28 Nov 2018 14:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Scotland
- Fri 2 Aug 2019 00:30
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