TV Series2020 · 1 season · 5 episodes · Ended

Small Axe

Name: Small Axe
Genre: Drama

Taste attributes: dramahistoricalfresh & originalheavyrealisticintricatelineargrittyemotive & stirringcomplex relationship

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"We are the small axe."

Boxlist takeWeighty and moving: a drama series that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like depth over escapism.

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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: very heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Quality rating

7.4 /10

TMDB · 41 votes

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Season

Limited Series

· 2020 · 5 episodesTrailer ↗

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

Episodes (5)

1Mangrove15 Nov 2020
The true story of The Mangrove Nine, who clashed with London police in 1970. The trial that followed was the first judicial acknowledgment of behaviour motivated by racial hatred within the Metropolitan Police.
2Lover's Rock22 Nov 2020
A single evening at a house party in 1980s West London sets the scene, developing intertwined relationships against a background of violence, romance and music.
3Red, White and Blue29 Nov 2020
Spotlights the true story of Leroy Logan, who at a young age saw his father assaulted by two policemen, motivating him to join the Metropolitan Police and change their racist attitudes from within.
4Alex Wheatle6 Dec 2020
Alex Wheatle follows the true story of award-winning writer, Alex Wheatle, from a young boy through his early adult years. Having spent his childhood in a mostly white institutional care home with no love or family, he finally finds not only a sense of community for the first time in Brixton, but his identity and…
5Education13 Dec 2020
The coming of age story of 12-year-old Kingsley, who has a fascination for astronauts and rockets. When Kingsley is pulled to the headmaster's office for being disruptive in class, he discovers he's being sent to a school for those with "special needs." Distracted by working two jobs, his parents are unaware of the…

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Synopsis

An anthology series of five stories looking at the lives of a group of friends and their families in London’s West Indian community from the late 1960s to the early 80s.

Synopsis: TMDB