Timeshift — Season 1, Episode 9: Notting Hill Riots

Episode synopsis

Examining the west London riots of August 1958, which were the catalyst for black actMsm in Britain and inspired the annual carnival.

About Timeshift

Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history, its narrative-led storytelling offering a richly immersive and varied window onto the past.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The Grunwick Strike
• E2The Cannabis Years
• E3The Writer's Trade
• E4The Sailing Sixties
• E5Attenborough: The Controller Years
• E6he Rise and Fall of the Comedy Straight Man
• E7A Shadow Over Europe
• E8Whatever Happened to the Working Class?
• E10What Have the Germans Done for Us?
• E11Greenham Common Changed My Life
• E12Car Crazy
• E13The Magic Roundabout Story