This playlist of clips is to be used with the Windrush Stories for Schools resources pack which can be downloaded from www.windrushstories.com.

Communities - Nadine White

Communities - Marjorie H Morgan

Communities - Lloyd Bradley

Communities - Lloyd Bradley 2

Communities - Kristy Holder

Communities - Diane Abbott MP

Communities - Benjamin Zephaniah

Communities - Benjamin Zephaniah 2

First Impressions - Sister Ina Spence

First Impressions - Sister Ina Spence 2

First Impressions - Diane Abbott MP

First Impressions - Cecil Wright

First Impressions - Brenda Batson

First Impressions - Blacker Dread

First Impressions - Benjamin Zephaniah

Life In The Caribbean - Sister Ina Spence

Life In The Caribbean - Dr Vanley Burke

Life In The Caribbean - Cecil Wright

Prejudice - Sister Ina Spence

Prejudice - Marjorie H Morgan

Prejudice - Marjorie H Morgan 2

Prejudice - Kristy Holder

Prejudice - Cecil Wright

Prejudice - Brendan Batson

Prejudice - Angie Le Mar

Black History - Nadine White

Black History - Marjorie H Morgan

Black History - Marjorie H Morgan 2

Black History - Lloyd Bradley

Black History - Lloyd Bradley 2

Black History - Kristy Holder

Black History - Dr Vanley Burke

Black History - Diane Abbott MP

Black History - Angie Le Mar

James Phillips, National Prison Radio presenter and ARIAS gold award winner, appears on BBC Radio 4's Saturday Live. 25 March 2023.

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Sounds Inside is a unique opportunity to spend 24 hours behind bars, through the power of sound.

Carl Cattermole, who himself spent time behind bars, returns to HMP Brixton in south London for 24 hours, equipped with a load of microphones to record the sounds of jail for a day and a night.

Being imprisoned for the first time, many people are surprised to discover that they are not only cut off from the day-to-day business of the outside world, but also transported to an entirely alien world of sound.

People talk of the intensity of the sound of prison. "The sound from all the other cells is transparent. When the lights are switched off, everyone barks and howls like animals, every night. You try sleeping in that. It's loud in prison."

We trace the rhythm of a day and a night in prison, and we meet some of the prisoners, including the guy who likes to crush biscuits up on the carpet and then hoover up the crumbs, just to hear the sound.

The documentary was originally broadcast on National Prison Radio in early 2018. 

It was produced by Tom Glasser, and funding for this programme was gratefully received from the Whicker's World Foundation.

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Carl Cattermole discovered his talent for writing while serving a prison sentence. He wrote the unofficial ‘Rough Guide’ to prison, called HMP: A Survival Guide. He’s passionate about real prison reform and represents the voice of prisoners on the BBC, Channel 4, Guardian, Daily Mirror and the Daily Mail.

Sounds Inside

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