Network

Title

Network

Genre

Interview; Documentary; Vox pop

TX Date

4 Dec 1982

Year of production

1982

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Duration

00:48:35

Description

Network - Paint it Black: A portrait of Handsworth. Part 3. Final part of a series produced and presented by Brian King. He joins the police on night patrol, reflects on last year’s riots and looks at the chances of a peaceful future for the area. On patrol with PC Dick Board and Sergeant Bob Elliot. Vox pop on people’s views of Handsworth and the riots. Speaking on the riots: PCs Joe Mulvaney, Bob Sweet, Jim Green and Superintendent Martin Burton; social workers Rodney Read(?) and Terry Jinks; Sri Guru Ravi Dass temple leader; local restauranteurs; organiser of the local Asian resource centre; Sheila Wright MP; James Hunt, councillor; Philip Knights, Chief Constable of West Midlands; pastor of the Wesleyan Holiness Church. Studio Engineer: Bob Lidden(?); Location Recording Assistant: Angela Rowse(?). Originally from BRMB Radio in Birmingham.

Contributors

Brian King; Dick Board; Bob Elliot; Joe Mulvaney; Martin Burton; Rodney Read(?); Terry Jinks; Sheila Wright; James Hunt; Philip Knights; Bob Sweet; Jim Green; Bob Lidden(?); Angela Rowse(?); BRMB Radio

Keywords

Social conflicts; Social problems; Interethnic relations; Police; Birmingham; Riots; Policing practice; Black peoples; Ethnic groups; Multiethnic societies; Handsworth; Institutional racism

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