Riz Ahmed on British Asians fighting the far-right
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A new documentary series looks at the period between 1976 and 1981 as British Asians faced daily attacks and calls for them to be sent home. The Academy Award-winning actor Riz Ahmed is one of the people behind the Channel 4 series, ‘Defiance - Fighting the Far Right’, and spoke to Today's Mishal Husain.
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