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Small Axe

Small Axe is based on the real-life experiences of London's West Indian community between 1969 and 1982.

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Production

Lammas Park,Turbine Studios,EMU Films,BBC Television Centre,BBC Film

Awards

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. 25 wins & 87 nominations total

Homepage

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08vxt33

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Have you or any of your relatives been
arrested and detained, - Small Axe

Have you or any of your relatives been arrested and detained...

See, this is why I
don't wait for nobody. - Small Axe

See, this is why I don't wait for nobody.

When you see me walking
down the street... - Small Axe

When you see me walking down the street...

- What am I supposed to do, run?
- No. You're supposed to cuddle me up. - Small Axe

- What am I supposed to do, run? - No. You're supposed ...

If I may, I just wanted to say I
applied to combat negative attitudes. - Small Axe

If I may, I just wanted to say I applied to combat negative ...

So what'm daughter? I-man can get
the pleasure ah your name? - Small Axe

So what'm daughter? I-man can get the pleasure ah your ...

The government
believe the British state, - Small Axe

The government believe the British state,

There are divisions, misunderstandings
and I think I could change that. - Small Axe

There are divisions, misunderstandings and I think I could c...

- Patty!
- Awoar. Beef pattie for true. - Small Axe

- Patty! - Awoar. Beef pattie for true.

But that shouldn't come
as a surprise to any of us here. - Small Axe

But that shouldn't come as a surprise to any of us here...

Attempts to interact with your people
have fallen quite short. - Small Axe

Attempts to interact with your people have fallen quite shor...

I think the Black Panthers need
to actively prepare in order - Small Axe

I think the Black Panthers need to actively prepare in order

Can't even come ah dance without some
marga stick - Small Axe

Can't even come ah dance without some marga stick

Recruits from your background,
might be better placed perhaps, - Small Axe

Recruits from your background, might be better placed perhap...

I'm tired, tired, tired,
and I have to work to my other job - Small Axe

I'm tired, tired, tired, and I have to work to my other...

Well, I agree with you
one hundred percent. - Small Axe

Well, I agree with you one hundred percent.

Hold on. I beg your pardon.
And sorry for the intrusion. - Small Axe

Hold on. I beg your pardon. And sorry for the intrusion.

What do you mean? We have nothing
but love for the man, Frank, - Small Axe

What do you mean? We have nothing but love for the man, Fran...

It make your mouth dry,
but give you a nice, slow buzz. - Small Axe

It make your mouth dry, but give you a nice, slow buzz.

My friend never mean you no malice
or harm. - Small Axe

My friend never mean you no malice or harm.

I've tried jellied eels, - Small Axe

I've tried jellied eels,

Frank is a charming and gentle person - Small Axe

Frank is a charming and gentle person

And this is my key spar, Reggie. - Small Axe

And this is my key spar, Reggie.

The Mangrove is now a focal point - Small Axe

The Mangrove is now a focal point

- Thanks for your time, Mr. Purling.
- Please, Kenneth, not at all. - Small Axe

- Thanks for your time, Mr. Purling. - Please, Kenneth, not ...

I'm sorry I can't say more at this
early stage - Small Axe

I'm sorry I can't say more at this early stage

Damn right! And I bet
he make the best roti. - Small Axe

Damn right! And I bet he make the best roti.

But seriously talking, - Small Axe

But seriously talking,

Do hold on to the fact that you have
a tentative case for unlawful arrest. - Small Axe

Do hold on to the fact that you have a tentative case for un...

- Where you people them come from?
- Jamaica. Mile Gully. - Small Axe

- Where you people them come from? - Jamaica. Mile Gully.

- Country gyal.
- Not me. Born right here so. - Small Axe

- Country gyal. - Not me. Born right here so.

Ah Portmore me come from, you know. - Small Axe

Ah Portmore me come from, you know.

- Wha you family name?
- Trenton. Yours? - Small Axe

- Wha you family name? - Trenton. Yours?

Him keep on 'bout
how me case tentative. - Small Axe

Him keep on 'bout how me case tentative.

- Cooper.
- We no have Cooper in the family. - Small Axe

- Cooper. - We no have Cooper in the family.

By the look of your new friends, - Small Axe

By the look of your new friends,

Obstructing the highway, assaulting
an officer, resisting arrest. - Small Axe

Obstructing the highway, assaulting an officer, resisting ar...

So...
You a Rude Gyal or Soul Head? - Small Axe

So... You a Rude Gyal or Soul Head?

I listen Louisa Mark, Junior English,
Gregory, Janet Kay. - Small Axe

I listen Louisa Mark, Junior English, Gregory, Janet Kay.

Think it'd help to get in touch with
the Commission for Racial Equality... - Small Axe

Think it'd help to get in touch with the Commission for...

Get down. Get fucking down! - Small Axe

Get down. Get fucking down!

Just make the solicitor gwaan an do him
job. I want my day in court. - Small Axe

Just make the solicitor gwaan an do him job. I want my day i...

I want see them dutty police officer
in the dock. - Small Axe

I want see them dutty police officer in the dock.

Presented to LEEE JOHN - Small Axe

Presented to LEEE JOHN

Nah, youth. How many time
me have to tell you? - Small Axe

Nah, youth. How many time me have to tell you?

Good morning everyone, - Small Axe

Good morning everyone,

Okay! My waist got better.
Loosening up. - Small Axe

Okay! My waist got better. Loosening up.

My name's Mr. Block, - Small Axe

My name's Mr. Block,

If Scotland Yard can't accept
responsibility for the raid - Small Axe

If Scotland Yard can't accept responsibility for the ra...

But now, and this is nothing
for you to worry about, - Small Axe

But now, and this is nothing for you to worry about,

I'm sorry, mate.
Why you worrying so much? - Small Axe

I'm sorry, mate. Why you worrying so much?

Nottingdale CID carried out the raid, - Small Axe

Nottingdale CID carried out the raid,

If I lived in a place like this
I wouldn't worry about nothing, man. - Small Axe

If I lived in a place like this I wouldn't worry about ...

It took you three days to find out
who, and now you can't say why? - Small Axe

It took you three days to find out who, and now you can'...

Hands up if you can tell me
what this says. - Small Axe

Hands up if you can tell me what this says.

What does that have to do
with a legitimate restaurant, man?! - Small Axe

What does that have to do with a legitimate restaurant, man?...

Come in m'yard with she foot flat like
duck and she waist stiff like plank. - Small Axe

Come in m'yard with she foot flat like duck and she wai...

They're outside right now, you know,
Frank, two of them. - Small Axe

They're outside right now, you know, Frank, two of them...

- You wanna hear something mad?
- Turn the music off for? - Small Axe

- You wanna hear something mad? - Turn the music off for?

You know how many man get jook up
on this road for little more than nothing? - Small Axe

You know how many man get jook up on this road for little mo...

"Ambulance." - Small Axe

Yo, all the ladies step out tonight,
looking for Mr. Right. - Small Axe

Yo, all the ladies step out tonight, looking for Mr. Right.

I come here to offer my support - Small Axe

I come here to offer my support

Ambulances take people to hospital - Small Axe

Ambulances take people to hospital

Now, what about you, Kingsley... - Small Axe

Now, what about you, Kingsley...

I'm sorry. It's the stress.
Nothing to say sorry for. - Small Axe

I'm sorry. It's the stress. Nothing to say sorry f...

Bringing the sound from near and wide.
Giving us spiritual protection. - Small Axe

Bringing the sound from near and wide. Giving us spiritual p...

Yeah, police liaison. Mum worked
with the beast not for them. - Small Axe

Yeah, police liaison. Mum worked with the beast not for them...

It's going to focus on the community
and the police state in West London, - Small Axe

It's going to focus on the community and the police sta...

It says "exit." - Small Axe

It says "exit."

Yeah, well this isn't America, Leroy.
Black police aren't all over the shop. - Small Axe

Yeah, well this isn't America, Leroy. Black police aren...

That's exactly the point. Don't you
think it's time things were different? - Small Axe

That's exactly the point. Don't you think it'...

What, so your dad can get his head
buzzed by a brother instead? - Small Axe

What, so your dad can get his head buzzed by a brother inste...

- I going toilet. Coming back.
- I'ma come with ya. - Small Axe

- I going toilet. Coming back. - I'ma come with ya.

I don't want the Mangrove to have
a reputation for what the police do - Small Axe

I don't want the Mangrove to have a reputation for what...

If you knew what it said,
why didn't you say? - Small Axe

If you knew what it said, why didn't you say?

I thought you were cool.
What happened to you? - Small Axe

I thought you were cool. What happened to you?

This is a restaurant,
a respectable restaurant, - Small Axe

This is a restaurant, a respectable restaurant,

"I walked and walked and what did I see?" - Small Axe

"I walked and walked and what did I see?"

It ain't to say I ain't grateful
for your offering of support, - Small Axe

It ain't to say I ain't grateful for your offering...

Me need to go find one a my friend.
Sorry. - Small Axe

Me need to go find one a my friend. Sorry.

'Come and play, ' he said.
'Come and play with me.' - Small Axe

'Come and play, ' he said. 'Come and play wit...

Nah, you have to strut
as a Black man strut. - Small Axe

Nah, you have to strut as a Black man strut.

Now we have to chat about the money side, - Small Axe

Now we have to chat about the money side,

'Come home, ' she said.
'Come home with me.' - Small Axe

'Come home, ' she said. 'Come home with me.&#...

- For what?
- To verify his place of residence. - Small Axe

- For what? - To verify his place of residence.

You know, the Ifa
tradition of the Yoruba? - Small Axe

You know, the Ifa tradition of the Yoruba?

- Are you related to Mr. Logan?
- I am Mr. Logan. - Small Axe

- Are you related to Mr. Logan? - I am Mr. Logan.

Ogun is the energy whose machete
is used to clear the path, - Small Axe

Ogun is the energy whose machete is used to clear the path,

If me a teach you, me have to have
compensation for me time. - Small Axe

If me a teach you, me have to have compensation for me time.

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Small Axe is based on the real-life experiences of London's West Indian community between 1969 and 1982.

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Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

Production: Lammas Park,Turbine Studios,EMU Films,BBC Television Centre,BBC Film

Genre: drama, history

Year: 2020

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.9

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Released: 20 Nov 2020

Awards: Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. 25 wins & 87 nominations total

Homepage: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08vxt33