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No Guts, No Heart, No Glory
Live at TVC: Powerful theatre based on real-life interviews with Muslim female boxers.
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Making an Entrance - Asian Theatre in Britain—Sunday Feature
Sarfraz Manzoor charts the history of Asian theatre in Britain.
BBC Radio 3Post-Black—Raising the Bar: 100 Years of Black British Theatre and Screen
Lenny Henry talks to Steve McQueen, the first black director to win a Best Picture Oscar.
BBC Radio 4 ExtraOmnibus: Part 2—Raising the Bar: 100 Years of Black British Theatre and Screen
Lenny Henry on 100 years of black British theatre and screen.
BBC Radio 4African Accents—Raising the Bar: 100 Years of Black British Theatre and Screen
Lenny Henry on the blossoming of new black British theatrical voices with roots in Africa.
BBC Radio 4 ExtraLast Taboos—Raising the Bar: 100 Years of Black British Theatre and Screen
Lenny Henry focuses on attitudes towards homosexuality, with film-maker Isaac Julien.
BBC Radio 4 ExtraMainstream and Multicultural—Raising the Bar: 100 Years of Black British Theatre and Screen
Lenny Henry charts the breakthrough of a suite of powerful new voices in the 1990s.
BBC Radio 4 ExtraGood Company—Raising the Bar: 100 Years of Black British Theatre and Screen
Lenny Henry focuses on the burgeoning black theatre companies of the 1970s and 80s.
BBC Radio 4 ExtraPressure, Conflict and Creativity—Raising the Bar: 100 Years of Black British Theatre and Screen
Lenny Henry on how anger and protest found their way to stage and screen in the 1970s.
BBC Radio 4 ExtraOmnibus: Part 1—Raising the Bar: 100 Years of Black British Theatre and Screen
Lenny Henry on 100 years of black British theatre and screen.
BBC Radio 4Caribbean Voices—Raising the Bar: 100 Years of Black British Theatre and Screen
Lenny Henry focuses on how Caribbean migration has been reflected on stage and screen.
BBC Radio 4 ExtraOthello Across the Ages—Raising the Bar: 100 Years of Black British Theatre and Screen
Lenny Henry on the complex stage history of the role of Othello, Shakespeare's 'Moor'.
BBC Radio 4 ExtraA Long, Hard Road—Raising the Bar: 100 Years of Black British Theatre and Screen
Lenny Henry examines the evolving depiction of Afro-Caribbeans on TV.
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Lenny Henry's series highlighting the "history and struggle of black British creativity".
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Jacobi on Garrick: Stage debut
Derek Jacobi views the playbill announcing Garrick’s debut on the London stage.
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The two stars discuss playing Sir and Norman in The Dresser.
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Colour blind casting
The untold history of Black and Asian Shakespeare.
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The future of theatre
Director Robert Lepage peers into the technological future for stage productions in 1993.
The Citz at 70
Pierce Brosnan, Glenda Jackson & Rupert Everett at Glasgow's famous Citizens Theatre.
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Helen Mirren
Helen Mirren talks in 1976 about her love of theatre.
The Dresser: Meet the characters
Meet the troupe of touring actors who perform Shakespeare while the blitz rages on.
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Garrick on acting
At Drury Lane's Theatre Royal, Derek Jacobi studies Garrick’s essay on acting.
