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Raising the Bar: 100 Years of Black British Theatre and Screen

Lenny Henry presents a series of programmes tracing a century of black British theatre and screen

Radio 4 Extra,12 episodes

Episodes

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Omnibus: Part 2
Lenny Henry on 100 years of black British theatre and screen.
20 Nov 2015,58 mins
Post-Black
Lenny Henry talks to Steve McQueen, the first black director to win a Best Picture Oscar.
20 Nov 2015,15 mins
African Accents
Lenny Henry on the blossoming of new black British theatrical voices with roots in Africa.
19 Nov 2015,15 mins
Last Taboos
Lenny Henry focuses on attitudes towards homosexuality, with film-maker Isaac Julien.
18 Nov 2015,15 mins
Mainstream and Multicultural
Lenny Henry charts the breakthrough of a suite of powerful new voices in the 1990s.
17 Nov 2015,15 mins
Good Company
Lenny Henry focuses on the burgeoning black theatre companies of the 1970s and 80s.
16 Nov 2015,15 mins
Omnibus: Part 1
Lenny Henry on 100 years of black British theatre and screen.
13 Nov 2015,58 mins
Pressure, Conflict and Creativity
Lenny Henry on how anger and protest found their way to stage and screen in the 1970s.
13 Nov 2015,15 mins
Caribbean Voices
Lenny Henry focuses on how Caribbean migration has been reflected on stage and screen.
12 Nov 2015,15 mins
Othello Across the Ages
Lenny Henry on the complex stage history of the role of Othello, Shakespeare's 'Moor'.
11 Nov 2015,15 mins
A Long, Hard Road
Lenny Henry examines the evolving depiction of Afro-Caribbeans on TV.
10 Nov 2015,15 mins
The Big Time
Lenny Henry explores the breakthrough arrival of the play Elmina's Kitchen in the West End
09 Nov 2015,15 mins