BBC Radio Podcasts from Brixton: Flames on the Frontline

Episode 8: From the Ashes

Events in Brixton spark a summer of discontent, as rioting breaks out across the country.

Brixton explodes in a weekend of rioting which will change the face of Britain.

'13 dead, nothing said'. Protestors demand justice for the victims of the New Cross Fire.

A fire kills 13 young black people and survivors feel the authorities don’t seem to care.

Sound systems. Reggae. Parties. Brixton’s music scene is an escape but it’s under attack.

Gangs of racist thugs are on the attack and they’ve got Brixton in their sights...

Resentment towards the police grows – and black power fights back.

Brixton is the centre of the world for a group of kids growing up – but racism intrudes.

Big Narstie asks what caused violence to erupt in his home town of Brixton 40 years ago.