Escaping Idi Amin

BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

11:30 PM to 12:30 AM

Wednesday 28 October

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Part one of two. In 1972, Ugandan dictator Idi Amin announced a plan to throw all Asians out of the east African country within 90 days in a bid to increase support for his regime. Priyanga Burford narrates this documentary charting the impact of the decree on the 80,000 people affected as they hoped to be able to flee on their British passports