Storyville · SEASON 27
If the Streets Were on Fire
Episode 17 · 2023-10-03

- Documentary
Episode overview
This is London from an exhilarating, rarely seen perspective. With knife violence rising, social activist Mac creates BikeStormz, a movement for kids across the city to express themselves beyond any threats of violence. Groups of young people glide through the capital on their bikes, doing wheelies, tricks and death-defying acrobatics, but as they come together and find ways to express themselves through biking - the kind of liberation that surfers and skateboarders eulogise - they are challenged with the threat of arrest by the police and accusations of antisocial behaviour.
69 minutes
Season 27 episodes
1. Three Minutes: A Lengthening2023-01-24
2. Casa Susanna2023-01-31
3. The Spy in Your Mobile2023-02-14
4. Inside Russia: Traitors and Heroes2023-02-19
5. Sex on Screen2023-02-28
6. Nelly and Nadine: Ravensbrück, 19442023-04-25
7. Attica: America’s Bloodiest Prison Uprising2023-05-02
8. Blue Bag Life2023-05-09
9. In the Name of the Father2023-05-16
10. Inside Kabul2023-05-23
11. 8 Bar: The Evolution of Grime2023-08-22
12. iHuman2023-08-29
13. Blue Box2023-09-05
14. Benjamin, Joshua and The Crown Shyness2023-09-12
15. Winning Hearts and Minds2023-09-19
16. Tanja: Terrorist or Freedom Fighter?2023-09-26
17. If the Streets Were on Fire2023-10-03
18. Made of Steel: Wheelchair Rugby’s Fiercest Rivalry2023-10-10
19. Keeping It Up: The Story of Viagra2023-12-08
20. Pianoforte2023-12-17
21. Songs of Earth2023-12-25