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- ↑ "Watch Chapeltown: One Year On". BFI Player. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- 1 2 3 "Chapeltown, Leeds, UK : June 1987 - Documentary about riots after the arrest of Marcus Skellington". 13 October 2019. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ↑ News From Everywhere. News From Everywhere Chronology. p. 17.
