The Birdhouse, "Brixton's Burnin'" (1988); Steel Pulse, "State of Emergency" (1988); Conflict, "These Colours Don't Run" (1993); Rancid, "Brixton" (1994); Plan B, "Ill Manors" (2012). Alex Wheatle's novel East of Acre Lane is set in 1981 Brixton and portrays the dissatisfaction felt by the black community that would eventually lead to the Brixton riot. The storyline "Rake at the Gates of Hell" in the comic book Hellblazer takes place during the riot. Rex Obano's radio play Lover's Rock, broadcast in November 2012 on BBC Radio 3, deals with the events leading up to the Brixton Riots. The BBC show "Orphan Black" alludes to the Brixton Riots as the reason Mrs. S. fled England. Mrs. S. tells the main character Sarah that Brixton was burning and shows her a newspaper clipping headlined "Brixton Burning". Steve McQueen's series Small Axe (2020) features an episode involving the riots. Steve McQueen's documentary series Uprising (2021) includes an episode centred on the April riot. See also Urban riots 1980 St Pauls riot 1981 Handsworth riots, Birmingham 1981 Chapeltown riots, Leeds 1981 Toxteth riots, Liverpool 1985 Brixton riot 1995 Brixton riot References Notes Bibliography Further reading We Want to Riot, Not To Work The 1981 Brixton Uprisings (Riot Not To Work Collective, 1982) Tony Jefferson, "Policing the riots: from Bristol and Brixton to Tottenham, via Toxteth, Handsworth, etc", Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, cjm 87: The August 2011 Riots, 14 March 2012. External links A serving police officer on his experience of the 1981 Brixton riot Report of the Scarman Inquiry In Pictures (BBC News Online) 1981 in London 1981 riots 1980s crimes in London 20th century in the London Borough of Lambeth April 1981 events in the United Kingdom Black British history Brixton Ethnic riots Metropolitan Police operations Riots and civil disorder in England