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The Trojan Horse Affair
By Brian Reed and Hamza Syed
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5h 17m
A mysterious letter shocked Britain in 2014, alleging an Islamist plot to take over one city’s general schools. But who wrote it?
An eight-part miniseries in which two journalists attempt to expose an eight-year-old conspiracy in Birmingham’s public schools. The Trojan Horse Affair shows how minor racial biases and stereotypes, multiplied across society, ignited into a full-blown, moral panic and, along the way, they uncover state secrets, an ominous cucumber, and serious questions about the role of journalism in a biased world.