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A two part documentary that details the contribution of black and Asian people to television history from the birth of television in 1936 to 1992. Interviewees include: Pearl Connor, Thomas Baptiste, Lenny Henry, Norman Beaton, Horace Ové, Carmen Munroe, and Stuart Hall.
Released
6/27/1992
Runtime
1h 40min
Director
Genre
Status
Released
Language
English
Cast
Stuart Hall
Narrator / Self
Elisabeth Welch
Self
Pearl Connor
Self
Pauline Henriques
Self
Anthony de Lotbinière
Self
John Elliot
Self
Philip Donnellan
Self
Carmen Munroe
Self
Cy Grant
Self
Kenny Lynch
Self
John Hopkins
Self
Thomas Baptiste
Self
Joan Hooley
Self
Cleo Sylvestre
Self
Desmond Wilcox
Self
Johnny Speight
Self
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Self
Kobena Mercer
Self
Stuart Allen
Self
Rudolph Walker
Self
Hanif Kureishi
Self
Norman Beaton
Self
Lenny Henry
Self
Brenda Emmanus
Self
Michael Abbensetts
Self
Horace Ové
Self
Trevor Phillips
Self
Colin Prescod
Self
Samir Shah
Self
Jeremy Isaacs
Self
Farrukh Dhondy
Self
Judith Jacob
Self
Shreela Ghosh
Self
Paul Gilroy
Self
Vron Ware
Self
Isaac Julien
Self
John Akomfrah
Self
Jim Pines
Self
Karen Alexander
Self
Alan Fountain
Self
Jonathan Powell
Self
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