THE upcoming episode of BBC's Small Axe drama tells the unbelievable story of Alex Wheatle MBE, AKA the Brixton Bard. The series - created by Oscar-winner Steve McQueen - follows four real life tales and one fictional from London's Caribbean community between the late 1960s and early 1980s.
Sunday's episode will follow the remarkable life of Wheatle - from being abandoned by his parents, to suffering horrific abuse while in care, and then going on to become an award winning author.
Wheatle is a writer on the acclaimed BBC series - which has aired three of its five films already - and when he shared his life's journey in the writer's room five years ago, McQueen knew they had to make it into a film.
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