Aerial view of a suburban neighborhood featuring rows of red-roofed houses, winding roads, and greenery throughout the area.

Postcodes + Q&A

classified 12A

part of Listening to Britain

Film

Please note: This was screened in March 2026

Director
Neil Maggs
Details
30 mins, 2025

In this important new documentary directed by Bristolian journalist and filmmaker Neil Maggs, Youth Voice campaigner and presenter Serena Wiebe explores why young people identify so strongly with a postcode.

Postcode rivalry has sparked many of these incidents and created places where young people are scared to cross these dividing lines. Serena, who has lost her best friend to knife crime, explores the subject, meeting and talking to young people, youth workers and the police. 

Coming from the inner city, she herself has never been to South Bristol, where two estates Hartcliffe and Knowle West have recently been caught up in a series of events, tragically culminating in the deaths of two innocent young people. Through the documentary, Serena explores the tensions, the myths, and the possible solutions to postcode prejudice, an issue that is prominent across the UK.

These screenings are supported by Hartcliffe and Withywood Partnership, Knowle West Alliance, and Empire Fighting Chance.


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