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Miranda Sawyer

The week in audio: Policing Protest; Dream Space; Sing It Pink; Prom 21; Hip-Hop Is History – review

Paulette Mark Easton Police Radio 4
Rioters facing off against a line of police in Liverpool
Policing Protest, presented by Mark Easton, was made before the riots of recent days. Photograph: Peter Powell/AFP/Getty Images

Policing Protest (BBC Radio 4) | BBC Sounds
Dream Space Factory+
Sing It Pink Aunt Nell
Prom 21 (BBC Radio 3) | BBC Sounds
Hip-Hop Is History Questlove

Policing Protest is a three-part Radio 4 series about how the police manage crowds of unhappy citizens who gather to object to the status quo. What’s the best way for our uniformed law enforcers to go about their job? Should they pile in with truncheons and teargas? Should they drag people off the roads? Should they stand stony-faced and neutral, or talk to the protesters, or even give the thumbs up? What’s the best way to police protest?

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