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Alex Wheatle

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The recounting of three real intertwined events from 1981 in the UK: the New Cross Fire, which killed 13 young black people; the Black People's Day of Action; and the Brixton riots. With testimony from those who lived these traumatic and turbulent events, the series reveals how they intertwined and defined race relations for a generation.
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Uprising (2021)
Alex Wheatle was a writer, known for Crongton, Liccle Bit (2019) and Small Axe (2020). He died on 16 March 2025.
DiedMarch 16, 2025
DiedMarch 16, 2025
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Crongton
Crongton
TV Series
  • Writer
    Liccle Bit (2019)
    Liccle Bit
    Short
    • Writer
    • 2019
    Small Axe (2020)
    Small Axe
    7.8
    TV Mini Series
    • Additional Crew
    Sarah Hewson in Sky News with Sarah Hewson (2019)
    Sky News with Sarah Hewson
    3.2
    TV Series
    • Self - Novelist(as Alex Wheatle MBE)

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    • Small Axe (2020)
      Small Axe
      7.8
      TV Mini Series
      • special consultant: writers room
      • consultant
      • 2020

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    • Crongton
      • writer
      • Pre-production
      • TV Series
    • Liccle Bit (2019)
      Liccle Bit
      Short
      • novel
      • 2019

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    • Died
      • March 16, 2025
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      • 1 Biographical Movie

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      Served a short jail sentence for his involvement in the 1981 Brixton race riots in the UK.

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