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David Olusoga opens secret government files to show how the Windrush scandal and the ‘hostile environment’ for black British immigrants has been 70 years in the making.

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David Olusoga opens secret government files to explore the Windrush scandal.

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"It is great after 16 years we are relaunching 100 Great Black Britons nomination process and producing a publication to support the campaign celebrating a thousand years of Black British history and achievement. It is even more crucial that our history is seen as part of the national narrative, especially in the context of Brexit, as British identity is going through change and we have a legitimate right and voice in the shaping of this economic, social and political transformation which will have an impact on future generations. By learning about our shared history and the impact of Black British history and successes, I hope we will no longer be marginalised or erased out of public consciousness for the next generation." Patrick Vernon OBE Founder of 100 Great Black Britons"100 Great Black Britons is a great way to celebrate our rich and diverse shared history. The competition is an exciting approach to help build ideas and resources to support schools. We will also launch the 100 Great Black Britons board game for schools and families in conjunction with the book launch in October." Melvin Bell, Director Focus Games

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"It is great after 16 years we are relaunching 100 Great Black Britons nomination process and producing a publication to support the campaign celebrating a thousand years of Black British history and achievement.

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Brit(ish) On Race, Identity and Belonging

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Brit(ish) On Race, Identity and Belonging

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Read women in 2019: VINTAGE classic and new female authors

Join us at VINTAGE in a year of challenging ourselves to listen, hear and respond to some of the greatest female writers history has to offer. From Margaret Atwood to Mary Wollstonecraft, revisit your favourites, discover new voices and fill your bookshelf and your year with women's voices. They matter.

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The Sunday Times bestseller that reveals the uncomfortable truth about race and identity in Britain today You're British. Your parents are British. Your partner, your children and most of your friends are British. So why do people keep asking where you're from?

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Windrush - Documentary (1998) - 1: Arrival

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Windrush - Documentary (1998) - 1: Arrival

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Windrush is a four-part series of one-hour television documentaries originally broadcast on BBC2 in 1998 to mark the 50th anniversary of the arrival in Britain of the MV Empire Windrush, the ship that brought the first significant wave of post-war West Indian immigrants.
The series was produced and directed by David Upshal.  Its Executive Producer was Trevor Phillips. It won the 1999 Royal Television Society Award for Best Documentary Series.

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Windrush - Documentary (1998) - 1: Arrival

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Windrush - Documentary (1998) - 2. Intolerance

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This episode begins with the 1958 Notting Hill riots and talks about the Caribbean influence on the music industry.

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Windrush - Documentary (1998) - 2. Intolerance

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Windrush - Documentary (1998) - 3. A New Generation

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This programme focuses on the education of black children and looks at the tragedy of the New Cross house fire in 1981.

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Windrush - Documentary (1998) - 3. A New Generation

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Windrush - Documentary (1998) - 4. A British Story

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Windrush - Documentary (1998) - 4. A British Story

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The final 4th episode

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Winner of the 2017 PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize
A Waterstones.com History Book of the Year
Longlisted for the Orwell Prize
Shortlisted for the inaugural Jhalak Prize

In Black and British, award-winning historian and broadcaster David Olusoga offers readers a rich and revealing exploration of the extraordinarily long relationship between the British Isles and the people of Africa. Drawing on new genetic and genealogical research, original records, expert testimony and contemporary interviews, Black and British reaches back to Roman Britain, the medieval imagination and Shakespeare's Othello.

It reveals that behind the South Sea Bubble was Britain's global slave-trading empire and that much of the great industrial boom of the nineteenth century was built on American slavery. It shows that Black Britons fought at Trafalgar and in the trenches of the First World War. Black British history can be read in stately homes, street names, statues and memorials across Britain and is woven into the cultural and economic histories of the nation.

Unflinching, confronting taboos and revealing hitherto unknown scandals, Olusoga describes how black and white Britons have been intimately entwined for centuries. Black and British is a vital re-examination of a shared history, published to accompany the landmark BBC Two series.

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Synopsis Winner of the 2017 PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize A Waterstones.com History Book of the Year Longlisted for the Orwell PrizeShortlisted for the inaugural Jhalak Prize In Black and British, award-winning historian and broadcaster David Olusoga offers readers a rich and revealing exploration of the extraordinarily long relationship between the British Isles and the people of Africa.

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The Black British history you may not know about

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"We have existed in Britain and been pioneers, inventors, icons. And then colonialism happened, and that has shaped the experiences of black people - but that is not all we are."

These are the words of Lavinya Stennett, founder of The Black Curriculum, an organisation which teaches black British history in schools - and is campaigning for Education Secretary Gavin Williamson to make it compulsory.

The death of George Floyd in America has inspired thousands of people in Britain to demand justice, marching through the streets of our biggest cities.

George The Poet, who was questioned about this on Newsnight, believes a lack of education about black British history - and the British Empire - plays a part in racism in the UK and our discussions about it.

My appearance on @BBCnewsnight yesterday reminded me that racism convos are weakened by gaps in our information. Ideally, we would all leave school with a basic awareness of Britain's leading role in the oppression of black and brown people. But we're a long way from this 1/7
- George The Poet (@GeorgeThePoet) June 2, 2020

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The transatlantic slave trade and the US civil rights movement are largely the only black history taught in UK schools, normally in October when we celebrate Black History Month.

"lf you're omitting different histories and narratives, you're saying that these people aren't part of this country, this nation, this heritage - or they're not important enough to be taught as common knowledge," says Melody Triumph, policy specialist at The Black Curriculum.

These are just a few episodes of black British history we weren't taught in school.

1. The Ivory Bangle Lady

Some might think the first black people in Britain arrived from Britain's colonies - the countries in Africa, the Caribbean and Asia that Britain ruled over, in some cases for centuries - after World War 2.

But that's not true, says Lavinya from The Black Curriculum.

"We know that black people were in Britain since Roman times - and there's specific examples."

The Ivory Bangle Lady is the name given to remains discovered in York in 1901 which are now on display in the York Museum. Archaeological analysis reveals that although she was born in Roman Britain, she's likely to be of North African descent.

The remains have been dated to the second half of the 4th Century.

She was found with jet and elephant ivory bracelets, earrings, pendants, beads, a blue glass jug and a glass mirror. In other words, she wasn't poor.

"It puts into question assumptions that black people have never been aspirationally wealthy or had any kind of wealth," Lavinya says.

2. Henry VIII's black trumpeter

There's even a letter from John Blanke to Henry VIII asking for a pay rise.

"He petitioned for 8p a day. I don't know what the conversion is today, but that showed he knew his worth," Lavinya says.

3. Britain's first black Queen?

She was a princess from Germany who became a British Queen after marrying King George III - and many historians believe Queen Charlotte had African ancestry.

They married in 1761 and Charlotte was the mother of two British monarchs - George IV and William IV.

It's been argued that despite coming from Germany, Queen Charlotte was descended from a black branch of the Portuguese royal family.

King Afonso III of Portugal conquered the city of Faro from the Moors - Muslims from North Africa who lived in modern-day Spain and Portugal during the Middle Ages - in the 13th Century. Afonso was thought to have had three children with the city governor's daughter.

One of their sons, Martim Afonso Chichorro, is also said to have married into a family with black ethnicity. He and his wife, Ines Lourenco de Sousa de Valadares, founded the Portuguese house of Sousa-Chichorro, which had many descendants, including Queen Charlotte.

Queen Charlotte's great granddaughter? Queen Victoria.

"A lot of the time, we start with black history in London - it's London-centric. But a lot of Glasgow's wealth actually comes from the tobacco, the sugar, the cotton that was created and sustained by enslaved people in Jamaica, Trinidad and Barbados," Lavinya says.

Many of Glasgow's prominent city centre streets are named after 18th Century slave owners who made fortunes from plantations.

"You're told that black people were slaves, but you're not told the fruits of their labour are actually the streets we walk on."

Lavinya says teaching slavery is important but you need to "contextualise it".

"Talk about who gained from it, the people not only in the colonies but also here in the UK."

That also means teaching about the "black people in Scotland who were part of the abolition of the slave trade".

"But black people were actually brought over from Jamaica to fight in World War One," says Lavinya. Her great-uncle came to England at the age of 17 to help the war effort, settling in London afterwards.

But she says her uncle was "one of the lucky ones"- because he wasn't sent back after the war.

When soldiers returned to the UK after WW1 there was a jobs shortage and a lack of opportunities.

"White people made the link that they were not getting jobs because of the black people" - and violence towards black communities followed.

They're known as the 1919 race riots in Glasgow, Liverpool, Cardiff and other seaports across Britain, during which three people were killed and hundreds injured.

But there were economic consequences too. Many black serviceman and workers found themselves without jobs after a "colour bar" was introduced in many industries, with white workers, often backed by unions, refusing to work alongside black people.

Lots of black men were sent back to the countries they had lived in before the war.

"It fits into the hyper-sexualisation of black men. White men felt threatened because they felt that black men were taking their women," Lavinya says.

6. The Bristol bus boycott

After WW2 black people from the Caribbean and Africa, and people from India, were asked to come to Britain to help rebuild the country.

They were put to work in the NHS and other public sector roles, like driving buses.

But in Bristol the Omnibus Company, run by the council, refused to employ black and Asian drivers, which eventually led to a boycott of buses across the whole city.

"But it wasn't as easy as that," Lavinya says. At the time it was not illegal to discriminate based on race - the first Race Relations Act was passed in 1965, but didn't include legislation about employment or housing until 1968.

Hackett organised blockades and sit-down protests to prevent buses getting through the city centre.

Students showed support too and it was backed by the local MP Tony Benn as well as Harold Wilson, who became Labour leader a year later.

On the same day Martin Luther King Jr delivered his famous "I have a dream" speech after marching on Washington DC - 28 August 1963 - pressure had built enough over the summer that the Bristol Omnibus Company announced a change in policy.

By mid-September Bristol had its first non-white bus conductor - Raghbir Singh, an Indian-born Sikh who'd lived in Bristol since 1959 - and further black and Asian crews followed.

Paul Stephenson, Guy Bailey and Roy Hackett all received OBEs for their action.

Listen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.

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The black British history you may not know about

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"We have existed in Britain and been pioneers, inventors, icons. And then colonialism happened, and that has shaped the experiences of black people - but that is not all we are." These are the words of Lavinya Stennett, founder of The Black Curriculum, an organisation which teaches black British history in schools - and is campaigning for Education Secretary Gavin Williamson to make it compulsory.

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Monday: Mary Prince (1788-c.1833): The First Woman to Present a Petition to Parliament

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Monday: Mary Prince (1788-c.1833): The First Woman to Present a Petition to Parliament

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'The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave, related by herself', London, 1831

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Tuesday: Olaudah Equiano (c.1745 - 1797)

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Tuesday: Olaudah Equiano (c.1745 - 1797)

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As a freeman Equiano returned to London and continued to work aboard ships throughout Europe and further afield. In 1773 Equiano took part in a voyage to the Arctic in a failed attempt to find a northern passage to India.

During the 1780's Equiano became involved in the campaign for the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade. In 1782 he brought the Zong massacre, in which 133 slaves were thrown overboard, to the attention of campaigner Granville Sharp. Equiano self-published his narrative to much acclaim in 1789 and spent several years touring the country to promote the book, including a visit to Birmingham in 1790. 'The Interesting Narrative', was a best seller, and went to nine editions in Equiano's own lifetime.

In 1792 Equiano married Susanna Cullen in Cambridgeshire and they had two daughters. Susanna died in February 1796 and just over a year later on 31 March 1797 Equiano passed away in London, he was about 52. Ann Maria, the eldest daughter, died just months after Equiano; the younger daughter Joanna went on to inherit Equiano's fortune of £950 (worth perhaps £100,000 today) and survived into adulthood.

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As a freeman Equiano returned to London and continued to work aboard ships throughout Europe and further afield. In 1773 Equiano took part in a voyage to the Arctic in a failed attempt to find a northern passage to India. During the 1780's Equiano became involved in the campaign for the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade.

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Philippa of Hainault ( 1314 – 1369) & Charlotte of Mecklenburg (1744 – 1818)

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Born in Jamaica, Bill Morris moved to England in 1954 and joined the Transport and General Workers Union in 1958, becoming its first black General Secretary in 1991.

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William Manuel Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth, OJ, DL (born 19 October 1938), generally known as Bill Morris, is a former British trade union leader. He was General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union from 1992 to 2003, and the first black leader of a major British trade union.

Morris sat in the House of Lords, under the Labour Party whip, from 2006 to 2020.

Bill Morris was born in Manchester Parish, Jamaica. After the death of his father, William, a part-time policeman, his mother, Una, emigrated to England to find work settling in Handsworth, Birmingham. Morris joined her in the UK in 1954, finding work at a local car parts manufacturer, Hardy Spicer Engineering Ltd. Morris married Minetta in 1957. She died in 1990. They have two sons.

Morris joined the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1958, and became a shop steward in 1962. After serving on the TGWU General Executive Council (GEC) from 1972 to 1973, Bill Morris joined the union as a full-time official. He served as district officer of the Nottingham District from 1973 to 1976 and district secretary of the Northampton District from 1976 to 1979. In 1979, he became national secretary of the Passenger Services Trade Group, which was responsible for staff working for bus and coach companies. He was elected deputy general secretary in 1986, working under general secretary Ron Todd.

Morris was elected general secretary when Ron Todd retired in 1992. He was re-elected in 1995, ahead of Jack Dromey. He remained in the post until his retirement on his 65th birthday, 19 October 2003, when he was succeeded as general secretary by Tony Woodley.

Morris was a member of the TUC General Council and Executive Committee from 1988 to 2003. He was appointed a non-executive director of the Bank of England in 1998. He was also a member of the Royal Commission on the Reform of the House of Lords from 1999 to 2000. He is a member of the Board of Governors of London South Bank University, a Trustee of the Open University Foundation, and the member of the Courts of the University of Northampton and the University of Bedfordshire. He was appointed as the first Chancellor of the University of Technology, Jamaica in 1999 and as Chancellor of Staffordshire University in 2004. He has been a member of the advisory councils of the BBC and IBA and a Commissioner of the Commission for Racial Equality. He chaired the Morris Inquiry into professional standards in the Metropolitan Police in 2004. He sits as a member of the Employment Appeal Tribunal. He is also a patron of the Refugee Council. In 1995 he refused to give union backing to 500 Liverpool dock workers who were sacked, claiming that it was an unofficial strike even though the union had failed to act on concerns relayed to the union in the lead up to the dispute, in effect leaving the dock workers to fight the cause themselves.

Morris is an independent non-executive Director of the England and Wales Cricket Board.

Morris was awarded the Order of Jamaica in 2002 and received a knighthood in the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours. On 11 April 2006, it was announced that Morris would take a seat in the House of Lords as a working life peer, and he was gazetted as Baron Morris of Handsworth, of Handsworth in the County of West Midlands in June 2006. He served on the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights.

In August 2014, Morris was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September's referendum on that issue.

He retired from the House of Lords on 21 July 2020.

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William Manuel Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth, OJ, DL (born 19 October 1938), generally known as Bill Morris, is a former British trade union leader. He was General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union from 1992 to 2003, and the first black leader of a major British trade union.

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A Trinidadian-British newsreader and journalist, best known for his career as a news presenter with ITN. McDonald was knighted in 1999 for his services to journalism.

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Sir Trevor McDonald (born George McDonald; 16 August 1939) is a Trinidadian- British newsreader and journalist, best known for his career as a news presenter with ITN.

McDonald was knighted in 1999 for his services to journalism.

Trevor McDonald was born on 16 August 1939 in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago to Josephine and Lawson McDonald. McDonald is of Dougla heritage, his mother being of African descent and his father being of Indian descent.After working as a print and broadcast journalist in Trinidad during the 1960s, in 1969, McDonald was employed by BBC Radio as a producer, based in London but still broadcasting to the Caribbean. In 1973, he began his long association with Independent Television News, first as a general reporter, later as a sports correspondent, but ultimately concentrating on international politics. In the 1980s, he spent some time with the ITN-produced Channel 4 News, but returned to ITV in 1989, presenting the early-evening news.

McDonald was promoted in 1992 as the sole presenter of and became a well-known face on British television screens. McDonald stayed with ITN when News at Ten was axed in 1999, moving to present the new ITV Evening News. News at Ten was briefly relaunched on 22 January 2001, to which McDonald returned as a presenter. He presented the ITV News at 10.30 following News at Ten's second axing.[citation needed ]

From 1999 to 2007, McDonald hosted ITV's flagship current affairs programme Tonight with Trevor McDonald. The show was revived in 2010 with presenter Julie Etchingham.[citation needed ]

McDonald presented his last ITV News bulletin on 15 December 2005. The veteran newsreader stepped down from his role as anchor after more than 30 years at ITN, but said he had no plans to retire completely from television. At the end of the final programme, he signed off with the words:

That brings to an end my association with the news at 10.30. Thank you for watching.

Over the closing titles of the last bulletin that McDonald presented, the November 1992 to March 1999 ITV News at Ten theme was played as a tribute to him.[citation needed ]

On 31 October 2007, ITV announced that, early in 2008, McDonald would come out of retirement to present the relaunched News at Ten together with Julie Etchingham.

It was announced on 30 October 2008 that McDonald would step down from News at Ten once the 2008 US presidential election was over, to be replaced by Mark Austin. His last bulletin was on 20 November 2008. It was reported at the time that he would continue to present links for The Tonight Programme.[citation needed ]

In 2009, McDonald travelled to the Caribbean and hosted the series The Secret Caribbean with Trevor McDonald. Three parts ITV.

In 2011, McDonald travelled around the Mediterranean and hosted the series The Secret Mediterranean with Trevor McDonald. Four parts.ITV

In 2012, McDonald travelled along the route of the Mississippi River and hosted the series The Mighty Mississippi with Trevor McDonald. Three parts.

In 2013, McDonald visited death row inmates in Indiana and hosted the series Inside Death Row. Two parts.

In early 2015, McDonald travelled to New York City and hosted the 2 part series The Mafia with Trevor McDonald.

In late 2015, McDonald presented Las Vegas with Trevor McDonald, a two-part series for ITV.

In September 2016, McDonald presented a two-part series called Inside Scotland Yard With Trevor McDonald for ITV.

In February 2017, McDonald presented two-part documentary Mafia Women with Trevor McDonald for ITV.

In late 2017, McDonald presented a documentary called An Hour to Catch a Killer for ITV.

In February 2018, McDonald presented Death Row 2018 with Trevor McDonald for ITV.

In February 2018, McDonald presented James Bulger: A Mother's Story with Trevor McDonald for ITV.

In September 2018, McDonald presented To Catch a Serial Killer with Trevor McDonald for ITV.

In February 2019, McDonald presented Fred & Rose West: The Real Story with Trevor McDonald for ITV.

McDonald presented the TV series Undercover Customs which created reconstructions of major HM Customs and Excise investigations in the UK.

On 21 April 2006, McDonald presented an episode of Have I Got News for You; he delivered a number of autocue jokes, some of which were extremely risqué, in his usual somber newscaster manner, the juxtaposition of which prompted team captain Paul Merton, who usually maintains a straight face on the show, to laugh heartily in disbelief on numerous occasions. It was McDonald's first appearance in any capacity on the show since 1992.

McDonald was formerly Chancellor of London South Bank University. He also has intimate ties with King's College School in Wimbledon, a London day school, where he is now a governor.

McDonald is the author of biographies of the cricketers Viv Richards and Clive Lloyd.

McDonald has worked as an editor of poetry anthologies, and his autobiography Fortunate Circumstances was published in 1993.

Lenny Henry's comic character Trevor McDoughnut is a parody of McDonald. McDonald once surprised Henry during a performance of "McDoughnut" on by walking into the studio to sit with Henry. McDonald returned to Tiswas on two further occasions. First, a number of weeks after his original surprise appearance, he cropped up during a spoof edition of This Is Your Life to "reminisce" with Lenny Henry about the earlier event. The other appearance occurred during the Tiswas Reunited show (a reunion programme broadcast in June 2007) where McDonald joined Lenny on the sofa once again to look back at the old clips and comment on Henry's impersonation.

McDonald performed live in Hyde Park in summer 1996 with the Who, as the newsreader in the group's staging of their Quadrophenia.

In June 2007, McDonald hosted the new ITV version of This Is Your Life, Simon Cowell being the programme's "victim".

In August 2010, McDonald conducted a live on-stage interview with Archbishop Desmond Tutu at Fairfield Halls in Croydon at an event entitled An Audience with Desmond Tutu.

In 2014, McDonald presented a media training course entitled "Deal with the Media with Sir Trevor McDonald".

McDonald holds honorary degrees from the University of Plymouth and Liverpool John Moores University. He was appointed Knight Batchelor in the Queen's 1999 Birthday Honours for his services to broadcasting and journalism. He was awarded with "Special Recognition" at the National Television Awards in 2003 and with a BAFTA fellowship at the 2011 British Academy Television Awards.

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Sir Trevor McDonald (born George McDonald; 16 August 1939) is a Trinidadian- British newsreader and journalist, best known for his career as a news presenter with ITN. McDonald was knighted in 1999 for his services to journalism. Trevor McDonald was born on 16 August 1939 in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago to Josephine and Lawson McDonald.

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In Search of Black History with Bonnie Greer

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In Search Of Black History with Bonnie Greer brings you face-to-face with the people you never knew existed. People whose stories tell us a different tale about who we all are. In this eight part series, playwright and former Trustee of the British Museum, Bonnie Greer, travels with us through the ages, meeting the academics and experts who are uncovering these stories at the cutting edge of historical research, and she brings their subjects’ lives to life - with an imaginative re-telling of their stories.

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In Search Of Black History with Bonnie Greer brings you face-to-face with the people you never knew existed. People whose stories tell us a different tale about who we all are. From the earliest glimmerings of modern humanity, up to the present day, Bonnie Greer uncovers the lives of people of African descent that don't fit with the accepted history of Western Civilisation we've traditionally been taught. From saints, to philosophers, to warrior women and king's heralds - these people's lives have been lost, hidden and distorted down the centuries. We've lost the full richness and complexity of our shared histories - it's time to fill in the gaps.

In this eight part series, playwright and former Trustee of the British Museum, Bonnie Greer, travels with us through the ages, meeting the academics and experts who are uncovering these stories at the cutting edge of historical research, and she brings their subjects' lives to life - with an imaginative re-telling of their stories.

This is an Audible Original Podcast. Free for members. You can download all 8 episodes to your Library now.

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Check out this great listen on Audible.com. In Search Of Black History with Bonnie Greer brings you face-to-face with the people you never knew existed. People whose stories tell us a different tale about who we all are. From the earliest glimmerings of modern humanity, up to the present day, Bonn...

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About

From the author behind the bestselling Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race, comes a podcast that takes the conversation a step further.

Featuring key voices from the last few decades of anti-racist activism, About Race with Reni Eddo-Lodg e looks at the recent history that lead to the politics of today.

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From the author behind the bestselling Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race, comes a podcast that takes the conversation a step further. Featuring key voices from the last few decades of anti-racist activism, About Race with Reni Eddo-Lodg e looks at the recent history that lead to the politics of today.

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Episode 1 of 4
The first episode is about arriving and growing up in Britain. A cast of distinguished Black Britons talk about their parents as pioneers who came to the UK in search of a better life for them and their children. .

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.

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Exploring the first and second generation immigrant experience of black Britons.

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Episode 2 of 4
In this episode, our cast of extraordinary black Britons are growing up. Naomi Campbell, Dizzee Rascal, David Harewood, Tinie Tempah, Sir Trevor McDonald and Alesha Dixon are amongst the stand-out stars of this film talking about moving beyond family, school days, building confidence, 'playing the game', and negotiating the working world.

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Extraordinary black Britons talk school days and negotiating the working world.

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Episode 3 of 4
This episode is about making it, but making it with a difference. The cast reveal how the path to the top in the UK if you are black is fraught with challenges. Tokenism, type-casting, lack of access to capital, proving yourself twice over, are just some of the problems they faced. And that's all before the self-censorship that prevents many from achieving their full potential. The cast talk about the massive achievement and contribution of black Britons, where they have managed to forge their own path to success; where bravery, self-reliance and resilience finally cuts through.

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Our cast of black Britons talk about making it, but making it with a difference.

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In episode four, our cast of extraordinary black Britons are facing today and the future. Our cast talk mostly of their pride in being British and their love for the country as epitomised at the phenomenon of the 2012 London Olympics, where black athletes wrapped themselves in the Union Jack and decades of racism seemed to be on the path to being put firmly in the past.

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Our cast of extraordinary black Britons are facing today and the future.

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After the high-profile killing of Damilola Taylor, Cornelius' family move out of London. But when they discover their new town is run by racists, Cornelius takes a drastic step to survive.

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Black Sheep: the black teenager who made friends with racists - video documentary

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Everything changed for Cornelius Walker on 27 November 2000 when Damilola Taylor was killed. Damilola was 10, the same age as Cornelius. He lived five minutes away. He had the same skin colour. Cornelius's mother, scared for her son's safety, moved their family out of London.

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Akala

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What I love about this book is it's kind of like a testimony, a story of contemporary London. He is like one of the Baldwins or Hooks of our generation, who walks among us, you know? When he theorises, it's from a place of knowing rather than some distant place up above . . . He is very good at remembering and honouring the experiences that have shaped him, and he applies it in a very real way

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What I love about this book is it's kind of like a testimony, a story of contemporary London. He is like one of the Baldwins or Hooks of our generation, who walks among us, you know? When he theorises, it's from a place of knowing rather than some distant place up above .

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Join Bethaney Wilkinson as she explores the gap between good intentions and good impact as it relates to diversity, inclusion and equity. Our goal is to discover promising practices for closing diversity gaps in our everyday lives and work!

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We know what it's like to not belong, to be overlooked, or to feel misunderstood.

It's a human experience, after all.

But what do you do when not belonging becomes the norm?
What do you do when you're left out because of something you can't change, like the color of your skin?
What do you when the barriers of broken systems and exclusive cultures consistently remind you:

"This space is not for you..."

I'm a Black woman who grew up in a small, segregated town. As a kid, Friday night football games always reminded me of the racism in our community. The white people sat on one side of the bleachers, while the black people sat on the other-even though we were all cheering for the same team. As I became an adult and joined the working world, I realized that racism isn't always about the obvious things we see. Sometimes racism is the small ways people overlook you, or ask you hurtful questions that remind you of the ways you don't belong.
It's painful.
And it's ongoing.

Over the past 10 years as a racial justice educator, I've interacted with many well-meaning leaders who value diversity, but don't understand how nuanced the problem of racism is. They hire people of color and interact with more diverse groups, but their practices still communicate to minorities:

"You don't belong here."

I've seen this play out countless times.
Good intentions fall short of good outcomes.
It's hard to know what to do next.

Despite the magnitude of the problem, I believe there is a better way forward.

This project, The Diversity Gap, will empower people to create the cultures they say they want-cultures where all people are seen, celebrated and given the space to thrive.

Over the course of the next two years, I, Bethaney, will be listening to stories of the people most impacted by diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. I want to know: what will it take to close the gap between our good intentions and the outcomes we hope for?

My dream is to see this body of research turn into a podcast, a live event, a curriculum, and maybe even a book.

Every few weeks, we'll send you 5 short and sweet diversity-related tips, insights, and stories of hope. We're talking leadership, management, advocacy, and justice.
The Diversity Digest: culture content we all need.

Follow us on Instagram to join a community of leaders and practitioners who are closing diversity gaps in a variety of contexts. We'd love to learn with you.

We'd love to hear from you! If you're interested in being on the podcast, sharing your story, or inviting Bethaney to speak, click here to let us know!

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We know what it's like to not belong, to be overlooked, or to feel misunderstood. It's a human experience, after all. But what do you do when not belonging becomes the norm? What do you do when you're left out because of something you can't change, like the color of your skin?

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Young black professionals like Lucrece Grehoua are used to changing their voice, accent and mannerisms when they enter white-majority spaces. But should they really have to?

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Young black professionals like Lucrece Grehoua are used to changing their voice, accent and mannerisms when they enter white-majority spaces. But should they really have to?

Like many young black people, Lucrece Grehoua is an expert in code-switching - used to changing her voice, accent and mannerisms when she enters white-majority spaces. But should she really have to? In this programme, Lucrece reveals the cost of hiding who we really are in the workplace and explores the mechanics of code-switching, a term first used to describe the experience of African-American students in the 1970s. She shares her own story of being taught to become "a palatable black girl with a soft voice and an unceasing smile". And she talks to other young professionals about the steps they've taken to fit in - from adopting a "white voice" in the office to changing how they behave and switching up their look. We also hear from those who, tired of code-switching, are daring to be themselves in the corporate world.

Lucrece speaks to:
Her friends Emmanuel Ajayi, Cheryl Jordan Osei and Ivan
Her Mum and brother Steve
Criminal barrister Leon Nathan Lynch
Sociolinguist Devyani Sharma from the Accent Bias Britain Project
Nels Abbey, author of Think Like a White Man, A Satirical Guide to Conquering the World While Black
Elizabeth Bananuka, founder of BME PR Pros and The Blueprint
Social Mobility Commissioner and lawyer Sandra Wallace

Picture Credit: Jeff Overs/BBC

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BBC Radio 4 - Seriously..., Code-Switching

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Young black professionals like Lucrece Grehoua are used to changing their voice, accent and mannerisms when they enter white-majority spaces. But should they really have to? Like many young black people, Lucrece Grehoua is an expert in code-switching - used to changing her voice, accent and mannerisms when she enters white-majority spaces.

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Tinie Tempah, Emeli Sandé and other well-known Black Britons share their poignant, funny and emotional experiences of the conversations parents have to help their children face racism.

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Well-known Black Britons explore how parents teach their children about racism

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On 7th June 2020, protestors in Bristol rewrote the city’s history by pulling down a statue of 17th-century slave trader Edward Colston. The event has triggered a discussion amongst Britain’s curators about what objects are acceptable for display in museums and galleries in 2020. Gary Younge speaks to the curators as they currently review what's on display in UK museums and how they’re re-writing the way we revere, remember and acknowledge Britain's historical moments.

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Gary Younge looks at how things might change in British museums as a result of the Black Lives Matter movement.

On 7th June 2020, protestors in Bristol rewrote the city's history by pulling down a statue of 17th-century slave trader Edward Colston, and dumping it in the harbour. The damaged statue has since been retrieved and there are plans to display it elsewhere, complete with the red daubs of protestors' paint, and Black Lives Matter placards.

The event has triggered a discussion amongst Britain's curators about what objects are acceptable for display in museums and galleries in 2020. Some museums have entire collections established on the wealth of the slave trade or acts of colonial plunder, others have items that might now be deemed racially or culturally insensitive. For some, it's the context and settings of collections that reveal a distinctly racist interpretation of history. As one museum curator has put it, "in Britain, you're never more than 150 miles from a looted African object".

Gary Younge speaks to the curators as they currently review what's on display in UK museums and how they're re-writing the way we revere, remember and acknowledge Britain's historical moments.

As Gary finds out, when the public is re-admitted to museums after the current lockdown, there is a distinct possibility that some display cases may have notable absences.

Producer: Candace Wilson
Editor: David Prest
A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4

Photo credit: Candace Wilson

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Gary Younge looks at how things might change in British museums as a result of the Black Lives Matter movement. On 7th June 2020, protestors in Bristol rewrote the city's history by pulling down a statue of 17th-century slave trader Edward Colston, and dumping it in the harbour.

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Watch TV programmes from the Black & British collection on BBC iPlayer.

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Alison Hammond travels across the country and back in time on an historical journey to discover some of the black figures who have been hidden from Britain's history.

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Alison Hammond: Back to School - Tuesday 6 Oct 9pm

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Alison Hammond discovers some of the black figures hidden from Britain's history. ITV Hub - the home of ITV on demand and live TV.

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Watch and embed this video on your website. Simply play and click on the embed icon upper right to copy the embed code. "It's All About..." Black History Month on ITV
Black culture is brought brightly into focus from today on ITV as viewers will see brand new on air trails along with channel idents marking and celebrating Black History Month.

The creative work will complement newly commissioned programmes and content showing across ITV channels and platforms throughout October.

The campaign by ITV Creative (ITVs in-house creative team), who conceived and produced the layered animation, draws on the rich contribution to British life of black figures and culture across a wide range of areas from literature, history and science to music, food and fashion to deliver a visually vibrant, upbeat and thought-provoking palette.

The concept "It's all about" sees icons from Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Amma Asante, Baroness Floella Benjamin DBE and Dame Linda Dobbs to Arthur Wharton, Alison Hammond, Craig Charles, Fuse ODG and David Olusoga appear in vision amid a kaleidoscope of cultural imagery and textures as narrators Ashley Banjo, Noel Clarke, Maya Jama and Angela Griffin tell us "It's all about" everything from "the music... the style...the literature... the arts... the discovery... people coming together" to "... It's all about the past....the future...it's all about the culture."

Creatives Adie Headley and Anthony Dziworshie, who led the project for ITV Creative, said in a joint statement: "The inspiration behind our spot was to celebrate Black culture and all its many facets. We wanted to create a piece of work that showed the vast range of skills, talents and professions that Black people have thrived within across Britain, for many generations. Too often Black people are portrayed as being monolithic, so from shining a light on staple-holds such as Mary Seacole to modern day writers like David Olusoga, we wanted to show the breadth of how Black culture has influenced Britain."

The core team at ITV that worked on the trails also includes producer Angela Lyttle and production assistant Ttwarna Cordwell. The team worked in tandem with freelance design director Ogo Okpue and collaborated with music producer Khwezi on the bespoke and distinctive soundtrack, with sound design by Alex Bingham at Machine Sound.

Throughout Black History Month, ITV's on air branding will be designed by Black artists, who have created artwork for the channel idents as part of ITV Creates. This is a project that has seen artwork by individual and community group artists feature in channel idents since 2019.

Artists include: Hamed Maiye, Neequaye Dreph Dsane, King Owusu, Alfie Kungu and Carleen De Sözer.

Ade Rawcliffe, ITV Director of Diversity & Inclusion, said: "ITV has never marked Black History Month in quite this way before. In our Diversity Acceleration Plan, which we launched in July, we committed to ensuring that ITV commissioning better represents contemporary British life on screen within the next 12 months. As well as commissioning programmes showcasing Black British talent, both onscreen and behind the camera, we have also organised a range of talks from amongst others David Lammy, Munroe Bergdorf and David Olusoga and events for all ITV staff, led by our staff network ITV Embrace.

"Our ambition is that the legacy of Black History Month remains across our output, on screen and off and all year round."

The new ITV shows coming up in October are: IRL with Team Charlene; Alison Hammond: Back To School; Sorry I Didn't Know Craig & Danny Funny, Black and on TV. These will be shown along with updated programmes including David Harewood-presented film In the Shadow of Mary Seacole and Martin Luther King by Trevor McDonald, alongside acclaimed documentary First Among Equals: The Laurie Cunningham Story.

And ITV's flagship daytime shows will be supporting Black History Month with a range of on air activity throughout the month of October.

ITV's flagship daytime shows will be supporting Black History Month with a range of on air activity throughout the month of October.

Today, (October 1st) Good Morning Britain launched it's series of 'Black History Icons' short films to run throughout the month, which will recognise and celebrate the black figures and events that have changed history, all voiced by The Chase's Shaun Wallace.

Lorraine's award-winning 'Change And Check' campaign returns featuring the show's Dr Amir and his mother, Mama Khan, who discuss the importance of routine breast screenings for BAME women following her breast cancer diagnosis during a mammogram. Plus Lorraine's fashion expert Candice Brathwaite will look at what growing up as a British black woman means to her.

On This Morning Alison Hammond will take on the special role of Guest Editor, plus there will be regular health features - Black Health Matters - throughout the month that will focus on the issues affecting the BAME community. The programme will also deliver hair and beauty advice, musical performances and exclusive case studies to get everybody talking.

And as part of their Inspirational Women strand, Loose Women will be honouring black British women who have changed the world we live in today, featuring empowering interviews with guests such as Baroness Doreen Lawrence. Loose Women will also continue to tackle important taboo subjects close to our panellists' hearts. Kelle Bryan, Judi Love and Brenda Edwards will be leading the debate on issues such as why magazines are still not embracing black cover stars, exploring that little-discussed issue of secondary trauma and why black mums face discrimination in the labour ward.

BritBox is also showing the Black History Month Collection - details further below.

All Black History Month content will be available on ITV Hub, which will also feature an exclusive collection of drama, documentary and comedy content to mark Black History Month. Viewers will have a second chance to watch the pioneering true crime film The Murder of Stephen Lawrence, a well as Stephen Lawrence: Has Britain Changed?, a special programme examining how equal Britain really is. Comedy comes courtesy of Timewasters series one and two, Kate and Koji, Comedy Basement, panel show Don't Hate The Playaz series one and two and sketch shows The Ty and Ky Show, Pranksterz and All About the Bants. Unsaid Stories, a four part collection of short films inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, is also available on the platform.

The new ITV programmes are:
IRL with Team Charlene - TX 3 October on ITV and CITV
IRL with Team Charlene is a new show that aims to break down and explain major issues for children. In this special, ITV News Presenter Charlene White is joined by her team of celebrity friends, experts and young people from across the UK. They'll talk about everything from what racism is and the Black Lives Matter movement to why we have different skin colours. Through a mix of animation, musical performances and personal stories the team takes an engaging and accessible approach to serious events.

The programme will transmit simultaneously on CITV and ITV. Charlene White is the co-producer with Jessica Symons as Executive Producer for ITN Productions.

IRL with Team Charlene is commissioned for ITV by Paul Mortimer, Head of Digital Channels and Acquisitions, Michael Jermey, Director of News and Current Affairs and Gemma John-Lewis, Assistant Commissioner, Entertainment
Alison Hammond: Back To School - TX 6 October at 9pm on ITV
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Alison Hammond goes on the ultimate school history trip with a twist. In her own unique and inimitable style, Alison will be travelling the length and breadth of Britain to key historical sites - from Hadrian's Wall to Hampton Court looking at the history we're all taught in schools, but from a different angle. Revelatory and personal, the journey will uncover black figures throughout the ages who have been overlooked from the pages of British history and school textbooks. Alison will be given an insight into the significance of black people in Britain's history by experts who open her eyes to a new perspective on our country's past and will explore our current teaching of history in schools. Directed by Ryan Samuda and Mariam Hussain and Series produced by Anna Manton. Sue Walton and Noleen Golding are executive producers for ITV Studios Daytime.

Alison Hammond: Back To School is commissioned for ITV by Satmohan Panesar, Factual Commissioning Editor.
Sorry I Didn't Know - TX 6 October at 10.30pm on ITV
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Sorry, I Didn't Know is a brand new panel show with a twist that will start airing on ITV during week 41 (3-9 October).

Airing during Black History Month and part of specially commissioned shows on the channel the show will be bold and tongue-in-cheek viewing.

Sorry, I Didn't Know will be hosted by Jimmy Akingbola (star of hit ITV sitcom, Kate & Koji) and he'll preside over two raucous teams headed up by Chizzy Akudolu and Judi Love.

Each episode will see the two teams (of three) battle it out over four rounds, unveiling interesting Black history facts along the way.

The show will be a riotous showcase of some of the hottest comedians from diverse backgrounds as they have their knowledge tested of untold stories and unsung heroes.

Guests appearing throughout the four episode run include Angie Le Mar, Humza Arshad, Verona Rose, Toby Williams and Shaun Wallace.

Sorry I Didn't Know is commissioned for ITV by Joe Mace, Entertainment Commissioning Editor and Gemma John-Lewis, Entertainment Assistant Commissioner and is produced by TriForce Productions.
Craig & Danny Funny, Black and on TV - TX TBC October
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In celebration of this year's Black History Month, We take a look back on some of Britain's greatest comedy legends. Through a combination of archive footage and star interviews, we'll travel through the comedy years, from Britain's first black comic star, the iconic Charlie Williams, to rising stars of today. We will celebrate genre-defining shows from Desmond's to The Real McCoy and tell the story of Black Comedy Legends that brought laughter to a nation.

This celebration of the work of pioneering stars will draw our focus from their work to the present day to offer an insight into the legacy of decades of comedy talent that has touched the new generation of black comedians who are now shaping the future.

Craig & Danny: Funny, Black and on TV i s commissioned for ITV by Satmohan Panesar, Factual Commissioning Editor. and is produced by Big Deal Films. Series Producer is Marina Warsama and executive producers are Dhanny Joshi, Thomas Stogdon and Maxine Watson.
BritBox Black History Month Collection
Black History Month will be marked with a collection of documentaries, television series and films celebrating Black British voices. Documentaries in the collection include Mo Farah: Race of His Life, Shirley: The Shirley Bassey Story, Africa and Britain: A Forgotten History and the series Africa presented by Ade Adepitan. TV series featured include all six seasons of Desmonds (1989); the classic sitcom set in a Peckham barber shop, and the second season of super sharp sketch show Famalam (2019). Films including Mike Leigh's Secrets and Lies (1996) starring Marianne Jean-Baptist and Playing Away (1986), a comedy of manners from Horace Ové starring Norman Beaton complete the collection.

Satmohan Panesar, who has overseen commissioning for Black History Month, said: "These programmes span Factual, Entertainment, and Children's in an effort to reach out to viewers across the board at all levels. We hope viewers will enjoy the incredible stories, wonderful entertainment and fascinating people they focus on as we look at Britain from a vital and different perspective and celebrate the contribution of black people to Britain's story, our culture and our lives."

Two of the original main channel commissions are being made by BAME-led indies and off-screen BAME producers will take on development opportunities as they progress their careers in line with ITV's Step Up 60 initiative.

Panesar added: "Diversity on-screen must be accompanied by a commitment to diversity off-screen, with first time ITV primetime directing credits for Samuda and Hussain and Manton taking the reigns as a new series producer. We look forward to watching their progress in the industry."

Note to Editors: ITV recently ran a series of short films under the banner "Black Voices", which was shown across ITV and STV's promotional airtime, social feeds, as well as a dedicated campaign site at itv.com/blackvoices.

The series offered black voices a platform to share stories of racism and their vision of changes they believe should happen.

Aiming to promote understanding and discussion around a cause of profound importance and to contribute towards inspiring long term change, Black Voices featured a range of people discussing their experiences of racism, including MPs Helen Grant and David Lammy, founder of Operation Black Vote Simon Woolley, journalist Charlene White, actor Jay Kontzle and other colleagues from across ITV.

Also shown in August was Drama series, Unsaid Stories, a series of short films inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement. Each of the drama shorts featured powerful and impactful stories illustrating the importance of black perspectives.

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A shocking drama inspired by the Windrush scandal. After 50 years in the UK, Anthony Bryan is wrongfully detained by the Home Office and threatened with deportation.

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A shocking drama inspired by the Windrush scandal