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... decade. Additionally, the institutional and individual stereotyping revealed within The Secret Policeman can be directly related to prevalent issues specifically within the media of the previous two decades. Controversially, I ultimately aim to depict The Secret Policeman as a symbol of advancement in Black representation within Britain. "The use of the term 'Black bastard' and 'Nigger'... isn't racist" 1 The Secret Policeman's inclusion of a clip of racist remarks by the Police Federation's Representative in 1983 is an accurate reflection of the racial turmoil that Britain's Institutions and communities were in. Black lawlessness was an image that dominated the Press reporting on riots from 1980 - 85. A predominantly Black riot against at Bristol's police force in 1980 was followed by further confrontational outbreaks in 1981. The first two years of riots gained Britain's (particularly young) West Indian community the reputation for being "notorious for muggings, assaults and murders"2 but nonetheless ...