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

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    Omnibus: Part 2

    Lenny Henry on 100 years of black British theatre and screen.

  2. Post-Black

    Lenny Henry talks to Steve McQueen, the first black director to win a Best Picture Oscar.

  3. African Accents

    Lenny Henry on the blossoming of new black British theatrical voices with roots in Africa.

  4. Last Taboos

    Lenny Henry focuses on attitudes towards homosexuality, with film-maker Isaac Julien.

  5. Mainstream and Multicultural

    Lenny Henry charts the breakthrough of a suite of powerful new voices in the 1990s.

  6. Good Company

    Lenny Henry focuses on the burgeoning black theatre companies of the 1970s and 80s.

  7. Omnibus: Part 1

    Lenny Henry on 100 years of black British theatre and screen.

  8. Pressure, Conflict and Creativity

    Lenny Henry on how anger and protest found their way to stage and screen in the 1970s.

  9. Caribbean Voices

    Lenny Henry focuses on how Caribbean migration has been reflected on stage and screen.

  10. Othello Across the Ages

    Lenny Henry on the complex stage history of the role of Othello, Shakespeare's 'Moor'.

  11. A Long, Hard Road

    Lenny Henry examines the evolving depiction of Afro-Caribbeans on TV.

  12. The Big Time

    Lenny Henry explores the breakthrough arrival of the play Elmina's Kitchen in the West End