A World Of Trouble

Ross Kemp on being caught in a riot and meeting the Klu Klux Klan in the final series of his investigative show

- Sean Marland

Ross Kemp has reported from some of the most dangerous places in the world, but he’ll never forget the day he was in the middle of a race riot in America.

The opening film of his new sixpart Sky 1 series, Ross Kemp Extreme World, follows the former EastEnders star as he heads to Texas during the final months of Donald Trump’s divisive presidential campaign.

And, as racial tensions reached boiling point, Ross found himself trapped between a group of heavily armed white supremacists and a mass of furious anti-racism protesters.

‘Being in the centre of that riot was just as dangerous as being in Afghanistan,’ he explains. ‘The white nationalists were all carrying loaded automated weapons, as were the National Guard. No one pulled a trigger and thank God they didn’t.’