Episode 3
ER Braithwaite's novel, set in London in 1958. Braithwaite encounters racism everywhere and bristles at all reference to 'his people'. But wherever it is absent, he celebrates.
ER Braithwaite's novel, set in London in 1958, is based on his experiences as a black social worker in a racist society.
Braithwaite encounters casual racism everywhere and bristles at all reference to 'his people'. But wherever it is absent, he celebrates.
ER Braithwaite ...... Kwame Kwei Armah
Mr Bentham ...... Jimmy Akingbola
Mrs Bentham ...... Clare Perkins
Jim ...... John Rowe
Mrs Larkin ...... Lisa Stevenson
Mr Larkin ...... Chris Pavlo
Ellesworth ...... Nyasha Hatendi
Ella ...... Liz Sutherland
Matron ...... Joan Walker
Roddy ...... Cara Hails
Abridged by Anne Edyvean.
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole.
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- Wed 11 Jun 2008 19:45大象传媒 Radio 4
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