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Small Axe

Small Axe

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Small Axe

"We are the small axe."

2020- 2020

1 Seasons

5 Episodes

6.9(91 votes)

Ended

Drama

Overview

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.

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Lammas Park

Turbine Studios

EMU Films

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