Channel 4 (UK) Documentaries

Yorkshire Cop: Police, Racism and Me (2021x54)

Air date: Oct 18, 2021

The story of Bill Thomas, the first Black male police officer in South Yorkshire. Bill's career saw him involved in some of the most momentous events of the last 40 years, but also facing the endemic racism in Britain and particularly the police force at that time. Bill's film-maker son Alex takes him back to revisit the front line, from the miners' strike to riots and social unrest, to tell Bill's unique version of British history