Escaping Idi Amin

BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

11:30 PM to 12:30 AM

Wednesday 4 November

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Part two of two. In September 1972, one month after Idi Amin announces his plan to expel all Ugandan Asians from the country, 80,000 people are making plans to flee, in fear for their lives. In the UK, controversial politician Enoch Powell rallies those who say the Ugandan Asians have no right to come, and some councils try to steer new arrivals away from their cities. Amin refuses to negotiate, stepping up the pressure on those stuck in the country