Episode 1
Documentary series celebrating Britain's black community. Episode one explores both arriving and growing up in Britain through intimate interviews with prominent black Britons.
Exceptional figures from politics, business, sport, culture, religion and science share their insights into being black and British today, how they got where they are and their thoughts on what the future holds.
The first episode is about arriving and growing up in Britain. A cast of distinguished black Britons including Naomi Campbell, Sir Trevor McDonald, Thandie Newton, Baroness Scotland, musicians Jazzie B of Soul II Soul, Dizzie Rascal, Sir Lenny Henry, writer Gary Younge and many others talk about their parents as pioneers who came to the UK in search of a better life for them and their children.
What they encountered was a whole raft of new experiences from snow to smoking chimneys - as well as prejudice, verbal abuse and physical violence. Actor David Harewood recounts attending his first football match at Leeds United as an eight-year-old, which ended with him leaving before the match had even begun with monkey chants and jeers ringing in his ears.
The programme is a tribute to the dedication of immigrant parents who, with firm discipline, imparted important lessons about being twice as good, working hard and rising above racism. Their struggle was supposed to make it easier for the next generation to come to terms with their dual identity of being both black and British.
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The real heroes
Duration: 00:26
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"I had no freedoms"
Duration: 00:36
Music Played
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Izzi Dunn
Loser (feat. Booty Brown)
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Leeroy Kesiah
Buff Nuff (feat. Roots Manuva)
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Lloyd Brown
Main Squeeze
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Flying Lotus
All In
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Bonobo
Gypsy
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Quantic
Angels and Albatrosses
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Roots Manuva
Stolen Youth
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Damon Albarn & Malian Musicians
Niger
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Soul II Soul
Jazzie's Groove
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Freddie McGregor
Searching
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Wiley
Wise Man And His Words
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Bang On!
F**K Everybody (Edit)
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Ty
Like You Never
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The Cinematic Orchestra
Burn Out
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Kruder & Dorfmeister
Black Baby
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Damon Albarn & Malian Musicians
Le Relax
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Habib Koit茅
Mansani Cisse
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Afel Bocoum
Yarabitala
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Producer | Simon Frederick |
Executive Producer | Anna Smith Tenser |
Executive Producer | Roy Ackerman |
Executive Producer | Dermot Caulfield |
Interviewed Guest | Alesha Dixon |
Interviewed Guest | John Sentamu |
Interviewed Guest | Ashley Banjo |
Interviewed Guest | Patricia Scotland |
Interviewed Guest | Beverley Knight |
Interviewed Guest | Bill Morris |
Interviewed Guest | Charlene White |
Interviewed Guest | Charlie Casley-Hayford |
Interviewed Guest | Christopher B-Lynch |
Interviewed Guest | Chuka Umunna |
Interviewed Guest | David Adjaye |
Interviewed Guest | Denise Lewis |
Interviewed Guest | David Harewood |
Interviewed Guest | Dizzee Rascal |
Interviewed Guest | Edward Enninful |
Interviewed Guest | Ekow Eshun |
Interviewed Guest | Gary Younge |
Interviewed Guest | Gina Yashere |
Interviewed Guest | Goldie |
Interviewed Guest | Jamal Edwards |
Interviewed Guest | Jazzie B |
Interviewed Guest | Laura Mvula |
Interviewed Guest | Lenny Henry |
Interviewed Guest | Les Ferdinand |
Interviewed Guest | Maggie Aderin-Pocock |
Interviewed Guest | Malorie Blackman |
Interviewed Guest | Naomi Campbell |
Interviewed Guest | Noel Clarke |
Interviewed Guest | Ozwald Boateng |
Interviewed Guest | Reggie Yates |
Interviewed Guest | Sharon White |
Interviewed Guest | Shevelle Dynott |
Interviewed Guest | Terry Jervis |
Interviewed Guest | Thandiwe Newton |
Interviewed Guest | Tinie Tempah |
Interviewed Guest | Trevor McDonald |
Interviewed Guest | Trevor Nelson |
Interviewed Guest | Yinka Shonibare |
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