The true story of award-winning writer Alex Wheatle, who spent his childhood in a mostly white institutional care home and was jailed after the Brixton uprising of 1981.

Small Axe Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - Mangrove
• s01e02 - Lovers Rock
• s01e03 - Red, White and Blue
• s01e04 - Alex Wheatle
• s01e05 - Education

Small Axe Show Summary

A look at the lives of a group of friends and their families living in West London from 1968 to 2014.