Broadwater Farm riots aftermath

Title

Broadwater Farm riots aftermath

Genre

News report; Interview; Documentary; Vox pop

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:47:28

Description

After the Broadwater Farm estate riots; a round-up of opinions on the riots, police handling of them and what can be done to solve the problems of inner cities and improve race relations. Speaks with some of the people involved: Home Secretary Douglas Hurd; visit to the youth centre on Broadwater Farm Estate and speaks to senior citizens; Richard Keene(?), community policeman; Tottenham police Chief Superintendent Colin Couch; Deputy Assistant Commissioner Richard Wells; David Webb, leader in community policing; director of a community training project in Birmingham, Gus Williams; Lord Scarman (Leslie Scarman); West Indian Dudley Drydon(?); Rod Hackney, community architect; Tony Travers, North East London Polytechnic; Chancellor Nigel Lawson; Chairman of Lozells Trading Association at Handsworth, Basil Clarke; Ted Watkins on redevelopment in Watts suburb of Los Angeles after 1965 riots. Break in recording at 24 minutes. Male reporter not identified. Plays in and out to music.

Contributors

Nigel Lawson; Leslie Scarman; Douglas Hurd; Richard Wells; Rod Hackney; Richard Keene(?); Colin Couch; David Webb(?); Gus Williams; Dudley Drydon(?); Tony Travers(?); Basil Clarke; Ted Watkins(?)

Keywords

London; Social problems; Architecture; Interethnic relations; Police; Urban regeneration; Violence; Public finance; Birmingham; Racial discrimination; Riots; Los Angeles; Policing practice; Police personnel; Black peoples; Brixton; Disadvantaged youth; Urban areas; Multiethnic societies; Handsworth; Institutional racism; Urban development; Tottenham; Residential estates

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