The BEST episodes written by Alastair Siddons

Mangrove
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8.13
217 votes

#1 - Mangrove

Small Axe - Season 1 - Episode 1

The true story of the Mangrove restaurant, a lively community hub in London’s Notting Hill that was the subject of relentless police raids during the 1970s and a consequent trial.

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Education
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7.54
108 votes

#2 - Education

Small Axe - Season 1 - Episode 5

When 12-year-old Kingsley is transferred to a special-needs school, a group of West Indian women uncover an unofficial segregation policy preventing many black children from receiving the education they deserve.

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Alex Wheatle
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6.91
130 votes

#3 - Alex Wheatle

Small Axe - Season 1 - Episode 4

Alex Wheatle spent his childhood in a mostly white institutional care home and jailed after the Brixton uprising of 1981.

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