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Small Axe

I'm sorry to have to tell youthat some schools in London are saying that their academic...

I'm sorry to have to tell you
that some schools in London are saying that their academic standards are being eroded by
the West Indian children in their classes

Full Transcript

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I'm sorry to have to tell you that some schools in London
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are saying that their academic standards
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are being eroded by the West Indian children in their classes.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:07
Uploaded
Jun 06, 2025
Season
1
Episode
5
Genres
drama, history
Production
Lammas Park,Turbine Studios,EMU Films,BBC Television Centre,BBC Film

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Movie Summary

Small Axe is based on the real-life experiences of London's West Indian community between 1969 and 1982.
S01 • E03 Sandhurst, mate. You won't get sharper. - Small Axe 00:05
Sandhurst, mate. You won't get sharper.
S01 • E03 - Yeah. Make yourself at home. - Yeah, thank you. - Small Axe 00:04
- Yeah. Make yourself at home. - Yeah, thank you.
S01 • E05 You see? The system is already stacked against them. - Small Axe 00:05
You see? The system is already stacked against them.
S01 • E04 Yeah. We need our own sound. - Small Axe 00:05
Yeah. We need our own sound.
S01 • E03 - Mate, the music. - Ah, Marvin. You like? - Small Axe 00:06
- Mate, the music. - Ah, Marvin. You like?
S01 • E05 I always tell my children they have to work harder to overcome such things. - Small Axe 00:05
I always tell my children they have to work harder to overco...
S01 • E03 By the left, quick march! - Small Axe 00:05
By the left, quick march!
S01 • E05 But when the system is designed to go against them... - Small Axe 00:04
But when the system is designed to go against them...
S01 • E04 But we have to make it proper. That's crucial. - Small Axe 00:05
But we have to make it proper. That's crucial.
S01 • E01 Hey, hey, hey! What you doing, what you doing? - Small Axe 00:04
Hey, hey, hey! What you doing, what you doing?
S01 • E05 The organization I work for - Small Axe 00:09
The organization I work for
S01 • E04 We can call our sound Crucial Rocker Sound System. - Small Axe 00:06
We can call our sound Crucial Rocker Sound System.
S01 • E05 That's very good for you, Mrs. Thomas, - Small Axe 00:04
That's very good for you, Mrs. Thomas,
S01 • E01 I don't care about a blasted warrant! What in God's name - Small Axe 00:06
I don't care about a blasted warrant! What in God'...
S01 • E05 Um, it's just that we understand that your son, Kingsley, - Small Axe 00:08
Um, it's just that we understand that your son, Kingsle...
S01 • E05 We... we've set up a small organization to try and find out the names - Small Axe 00:08
We... we've set up a small organization to try and find...
S01 • E05 Sometimes, some of us go into the schools - Small Axe 00:10
Sometimes, some of us go into the schools
S01 • E01 Opening up a restaurant, - Small Axe 00:05
Opening up a restaurant,
S01 • E01 I open this place for people to come and go, no matter who they are. - Small Axe 00:05
I open this place for people to come and go, no matter who t...
S01 • E05 Like my colleague, Hazel Lewis, - Small Axe 00:05
Like my colleague, Hazel Lewis,