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Tale of a TRAGEDY
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|July 17, 2021
The first film of Steve McQueen’s new series spotlights the deadly New Cross house fire…
Early in the morning of 18 January 1981, dozens of black youths were enjoying a party at 439 New Cross Road in southeast London when a fire ripped through the three-storey house.
Many believe the blaze was started deliberately as a racist hate crime, yet despite 13 people dying on that fateful morning, the police never charged anyone with starting the fire.
This story is from the July 17, 2021 edition of What's on TV.
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