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Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Lenny Henry examines the evolving depiction of Afro-Caribbeans on TV from Love Thy Neighbour to Desmond's. From November 2015. Show more

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Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Lenny Henry tells the story of Caribbean migration as reflected on stage and screen, from the 1930s, through the Windrush generation, to the end of the 1960s. From November 2015. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Lenny Henry examines how protest and violence found their way onto the stage and screen, notably in Horace Ove's 1976 feature film Pressure. From November 2015. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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4 Extra Debut. Lenny Henry explores the breakthrough arrival of the play Elmina's Kitchen in a West End commercial theatre. From November 2015. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Lenny Henry investigates the sudden blossoming of black theatre groups in Britain in the late 1970s and 80s, as new second-generation black Britons found their voices. From 2015. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Lenny Henry charts the breakthrough of a suite of powerful new voices into theatre in the 1990s. With Roy Williams. From November 2015. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Lenny Henry talks to Isaac Julien about his work as an out gay film-maker, who confronted issues of discrimination within the African Caribbean community. From November 2015. Show more

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Lenny Henry presents a history of black British theatre and screen, with a focus this week on the films, TV and plays from the 1980s to today. Featuring Oscar-winner Steve McQueen. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Lenny Henry investigates the sudden blossoming of new black British theatrical voices whose roots are not in the Caribbean but in Africa. From November 2015. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Lenny looks at prospects for the future and talks to British director Steve McQueen, the first ever black film-maker to win an Academy Award for Best Picture. From November 2015. Show more

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Lenny Henry presents a history of black British theatre and screen, from the first black Othello on the London stage, to the latest talent making theatrical waves. Show more