Episode 4: Sides are Taken
Med: Sound systems. Reggae. Parties. Music pulses through Brixton and provides an escape from a tough world. But police raids ratchet up resentment against the authorities.
Sound systems. Reggae. Blues parties. Music pulses through Brixton - it’s a way of life and provides an escape from a tough world. But police are raiding parties which ratchets up resentment against the authorities.
And Brixton’s thriving gay community shares this sense of persecution.
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This podcast includes strong language, use of racist terms and descriptions of violence.
Credits:
Presenter: Big Narstie
Producers: Seren Jones and Maggie Latham
Executive Producer: Natasha Johansson
Editor: Gail Champion
Sound Design: Wayne Parkes and Sam Turner
Additional production: Jane Andrews and Annabel Deas
Research: Derrick Bennett and Imogen Rhodes
Story Consultant: John Yorke
With thanks to Paul Field
Dramatisation
By Roy Williams
Christopher Icha played by Valentine Olukoga
Produced by Lorna Newman and Simon Highfield
Series Producer: Ben Robinson
Series Editor: Gail Champion
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