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Windrush (1998)

May. 30,1998

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Windrush

Windrush is a 4-part series of one hour television documentaries originally broadcast on BBC2 in 1998 to mark the 50th anniversary of the arrival in Britain of the Empire Windrush, the ship which brought the first wave of post-war West Indian immigrants.

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Windrush

1998

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Seasons & Episode

Seasons 1 : 1998

4 Episode

Episode 1 - Arrival

May. 30,1998

This part follows the initial warm reception, the growing sense of rejection and isolation, and the first flash point of racial intolerance in Britain.

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Episode 2 - Intolerance

June. 06,1998

The 1959 Notting Hill riots saw the murder of Kelso Cochrane, the first acknowledged racial killing in Britain. But the story is not all bleak. Against increasing racial division came the black churches, the growth of communities and the beginning of the fight to be recognised.

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Episode 3 - A New Generation

June. 13,1998

Focusing on the education of black children, their search for an identity through their music and lifestyle, and the tragedy of the New Cross house fire in 1981.

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Episode 4 - A British Story

June. 20,1998

The 1990s saw the emergence of a new black British identity, with black peers in the House of Lords and black celebrities in sport, entertainment and broadcasting.

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