Episodes

Season 1, 4 episodes

Episode 1: Arrival
- Now playing
- 58m
- 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.
Episode 2: Intolerance
- 59m
- Jun 6, 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.
Episode 3: A New Generation
- 59m
- Jun 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.
Episode 4: A British Story
- 59m
- Jun 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.

Windrush

1998
1 season
59m per episode
Documentary

Overview

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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Ran for 1 season and 4 episodes (1998)
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Status: Ended
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 4
First aired: May 30, 1998
Last aired: June 20, 1998
Original language: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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Ran for 1 season and 4 episodes (1998)
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Episodes

Season 1, 4 episodes

Episode 1: Arrival
- Now playing
- 58m
- 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.
Episode 2: Intolerance
- 59m
- Jun 6, 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.
Episode 3: A New Generation
- 59m
- Jun 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.
Episode 4: A British Story
- 59m
- Jun 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.

Episodes

E1 Episode 1: Arrival

E2 Episode 2: Intolerance

E3 Episode 3: A New Generation

E4 Episode 4: A British Story

Overview

Fun facts

Details

Network

Production

Cast

More like this

Fun facts

Episodes

E1 Episode 1: Arrival

E2 Episode 2: Intolerance

E3 Episode 3: A New Generation

E4 Episode 4: A British Story

Episode 1: Arrival

Episode 2: Intolerance

Episode 3: A New Generation

Episode 4: A British Story

Episode 1: Arrival

Episode 2: Intolerance

Episode 3: A New Generation

Episode 4: A British Story