All Seasons

Season 1

  • S01E01 1936-68

    • June 27, 1992
    • BBC Two

    A documentary, that explores the contribution made by black and Asian people to TV. The film combines archive clips with stories of performers like Carmen Munroe and Cy Grant to ask if images on TV over the past 40 years have been portrayal or betrayal.

  • S01E02 1968-92

    • June 30, 1992
    • BBC Two

    Documentary by Isaac Julien, that traces and questions the progress made by black and Asian people on British television. Sitcoms such as Till Death Us Do Part gave work to black actors, but were audiences laughing with them or at them?