Small Town, Big Riot

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Sociopolitical Documentary hosted by Mobeen Azhar, published by BBC in 2024 - English narration

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Mobeen Azhar visits Kirkby, Merseyside to find out how a peaceful protests outside a hotel housing asylum seekers turned into a riot in February 2023 and uncovers the blueprint for a national wave of violent riots that took place across the country in the summer of 2024.

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Mobeen is soon confronted with serious allegations about what a group of asylum seekers have supposedly been up to in the small town, and attempts to uncover the truth but locals close ranks and warn each other against speaking to him, claiming Mobeen and the film crew will twist their words to make them look bad.

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Mobeen's investigation reveals a white supremacist that was campaigning outside the Suites hotel ahead of the protest may have influenced the riot. He also heads further afield to Scampton, Lincolnshire where residents have been campaigning against the Home Office's planned asylum centre in the former RAF base.