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Telling Tales: Daniel Lawrence Taylor

Daniel Lawrence Taylor

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The writer, actor, comedian and BAFTA Breakthrough Brit talks creativity and time travel.

One of BAFTA’S Breakthrough Brits of 2018, Daniel Lawrence Taylor, joins us to talk creativity and time travel.

One of BAFTA’S Breakthrough Brits of 2018, the writer, actor and comedian Daniel Lawrence Taylor, joins us to talk creativity and time travel.

Daniel saw himself playing dramatic roles but after winning laughs in comic plays and sketch shows at university, he formed the double act Ginger and Black, with Eri Jackson.

He writes and stars in the television comedy series Timewasters, which first transported a struggling jazz quartet back to 1920s London, via a South London lift. Series two brings the band mates into the 1950s, with the newly settled Windrush generation, and the dawn of rock ‘n’ roll. 

Race is an important issue in Daniel’s work. When Timewasters was commissioned, he commented that you didn’t see that many black people in period dramas, or in time machines, so he decided to write about both - with award-winning results!

We also revisit a drama which Daniel wrote for Radio 4, and made its debut in February 2019. Titled Black Boy Fly, and set in London, the thoughtful and comic drama looks at community and gentrification. It was directed by Jonquil Panting.

Produced and presented by Ali Gardiner for BBC Radio 4 Extra.

First broadcast in 2019.

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