Al Jazeera Documentaries

Street Food - Bagels and curryhouses: London's Brick Lane (2016x3)

Air date: Feb 09, 2016

Visitors to London could be forgiven for thinking that they are seeing a quintessentially English city. In fact, behind the picture postcard facade of some of its most recognisable monuments, the English capital is one of the most multicultural places in the world.More than a third of Londoners belong to an ethnic minority group, making the city of more than eight million people one of the world's most linguistically diverse. According to 2011 census data, almost every borough is home to at least 100 different languages.Nowhere is this more evident than in the city's East End, an area that has experienced centuries of migration as the traditional first port of call for migrants. In fact, in the 19th century, London became the biggest city in the world t