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Series · 2020

Small Axe

We are the small axe.

Created by Steve McQueen
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15 Nov 2020First aired
1Season
6.8TMDB score of 10
DramaGenre

The series

An anthology series of five stories looking at the lives of a group of friends and their families in London’s West Indian community from the late 1960s to the early 80s.

Episodes

Season 1 · 5 episodes · 2020

Highest rated this season: episode 1, “Mangrove”, 7.3 out of 10 on TMDB.

  1. Episode 115 Nov 20202h 7m

    Mangrove

    7.3 / 10

    The true story of The Mangrove Nine, who clashed with London police in 1970. The trial that followed was the first judicial acknowledgment of behaviour motivated by racial hatred within the Metropolitan Police.

  2. Episode 222 Nov 20201h 10m

    Lover's Rock

    6.3 / 10

    A single evening at a house party in 1980s West London sets the scene, developing intertwined relationships against a background of violence, romance and music.

  3. Episode 329 Nov 20201h 20m

    Red, White and Blue

    6.7 / 10

    Spotlights the true story of Leroy Logan, who at a young age saw his father assaulted by two policemen, motivating him to join the Metropolitan Police and change their racist attitudes from within.

  4. Episode 46 Dec 20201h 6m

    Alex Wheatle

    5.7 / 10

    Alex Wheatle follows the true story of award-winning writer, Alex Wheatle, from a young boy through his early adult years. Having spent his childhood in a mostly white institutional care home with no love or family, he finally finds not on…

  5. Episode 513 Dec 20201h 3m

    Education

    6.4 / 10

    The coming of age story of 12-year-old Kingsley, who has a fascination for astronauts and rockets. When Kingsley is pulled to the headmaster's office for being disruptive in class, he discovers he's being sent to a school for those with "s…

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