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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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1998-06-20
S1E4 — A British Story
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.
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Lenny Henry
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Doreen Lawrence
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Valerie Amos
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Diane Abbott
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Paul Boateng
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Jazzie B
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Patrick Robinson
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Ulric Cross
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Linton Kwesi Johnson
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Stuart Hall
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John Tyndall
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Darcus Howe
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