First Cut

Young, Angry and White (2010x4)

Air date: Feb 12, 2010

Support for the British National Party is growing - last June, almost one million people voted for the far-right-wing party at the European Parliament elections, and a recent survey found that one in 20 young people would vote for the BNP. Against this backdrop, Peter Beard's First Cut documentary follows 19-year-old Kieren, as he considers joining the political party. An unhappy and difficult childhood and the lack of a strong male role model left Kieren disillusioned with society. Aged 16, he became actively involved in nationalism, which offered him a cause at which to direct his anger.