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5. Healing the Wounds

Journalist Amardeep Bassey returns to Birmingham 18 years on to investigate the Lozells and Handsworth riots of 2005. How has the community been working to prevent a repeat?

In the final episode, Amardeep hears how the community has been working to prevent a major public disturbance like the riots of 2005 spilling out onto the streets ever again.

Beauty Queen Riots is a five-part series looking at the Lozells and Handsworth riots of 2005 in Birmingham. It’s a story that takes us into the conflicting and sometimes uncomfortable world of interethnic conflict in modern Britain.

Journalist Amardeep Bassey returns to investigate a story he first covered 18 years ago. What happened and what did we miss back then which might have explained why people took to the streets with such force? And what lessons can be learned 20 years on?

Producer: Ben Tulloh
Executive Editor: Bridget Harney
Music and Mix: Alex Portfelix

A Burning Bright production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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15 minutes

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Fri 21 Apr 2023 13:45

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  • Fri 21 Apr 2023 13:45