Where to watch Small Axe Season 1
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Small Axe Season 1 episodes
S01 E01
Mangrove
2 h 7 mins · Sun, 15 Nov 2020
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.
S01 E01
Mangrove
2 h 7 mins · Fri, 20 Nov 2020
The true story of the Mangrove Nine, who clashed with London police in 1970. The trial that followed was the first judicial acknowledgement of behaviour motivated by racial hatred within the Metropolitan Police.
S01 E02
Lover's Rock
1 h 10 mins · Sun, 22 Nov 2020
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.
S01 E02
Lovers Rock
1 h 9 mins · Fri, 27 Nov 2020
Relationships develop and intertwine against a background of violence, romance and music at a West London house party in the 1980s.
S01 E03
Red, White and Blue
1 h 20 mins · Sun, 29 Nov 2020
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.
S01 E03
Red, White and Blue
1 h 20 mins · Fri, 18 Dec 2020
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.
S01 E04
Alex Wheatle
1 h 6 mins · Sun, 6 Dec 2020
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 only a sense of community for the first time in Brixton, but his identity and ability to grow his passion for music and DJing. When he is thrown in prison during the Brixton Uprising of 1981, he confronts his past and sees a path to healing.
S01 E04
Alex Wheatle
1 h 5 mins · Fri, 4 Dec 2020
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 a sense of community in Brixton.
S01 E05
Education
1 h 3 mins · Sun, 13 Dec 2020
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 "special needs." Distracted by working two jobs, his parents are unaware of the unofficial segregation policy at play, preventing many Black children from receiving the education they deserve, until a group of West Indian women take matters into their own hands.
S01 E05
Education
1 h 3 mins · Fri, 11 Dec 2020
Twelve-year-old Kingsley has a fascination for astronauts and rockets, but when Kingsley is labelled disruptive and sent to a special needs school, the race-based segregation in Britain's education system is exposed and a battle begins.