Small Axe, the 5-part series from Oscar winning director Steve McQueen debuts on BBC One on Sunday 15th November with the episode Mangrove featuring Black Panther star Letitia Wright, followed weekly by Lovers Rock on 22nd November, Education on 29th November, Alex Wheatle on 6th December and Red, White and Blue starring John Boyega on 13th December.

“The seed of Small Axe was sown 11 years ago,” said McQueen. “Initially, I had conceived of it as a TV series, but I realised these stories had to stand alone as original films yet at the same time be part of a collective.

“The anthology, anchored in the West Indian experience in London, is a celebration of all that that community has succeeded in achieving against the odds.”