Roots

Series 1

Episode 2

BBC Four

Duration: 1 hour, 39 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 15^th Feb 2017, 21:00 on BBC FourLatest broadcast: Wed 19^th Dec 2018, 02:50 on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Drama series remake about an African slave sold in America. Kunta marries beautiful slave Belle and the two have a daughter, Kizzy, who inherits her father's defiant spirit. Show more

Roots

Series 1

Episode 1

BBC Four

Duration: 1 hour, 35 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 8^th Feb 2017, 21:00 on BBC FourLatest broadcast: Tue 18^th Dec 2018, 02:10 on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Drama series remake about an African slave sold in America and of his descendants. Kunta Kinte is kidnapped, sold to English slave traders and brought to Maryland in the US. Show more

Contributors

Kunta Kinte:: Malachi Kirby
Fiddler:: Forest Whitaker
Alex Haley/Narrator:: Laurence Fishburne
Omoro Kinte:: Babatunde Olusanmokun
Jinna:: Simona Brown
Silla Ba Dibba:: Derek Luke
Kintango:: Chris Obi
John Waller:: James Purefoy
Elizabeth Waller:: Katie McGuinness
Connelly:: Tony Curran
Dr William Waller:: Matthew Goode
Samson:: Hakeem Kae-Kazim
Sitafa:: Kedar Williams-Stirling
Ephraim:: LeVar Burton
Director:: Phillip Noyce
Executive Producer:: Barry Jossen
Executive Producer:: Lawrence Konner
Executive Producer:: Will Packer
Executive Producer:: Mark Rosenthal
Executive Producer:: Marc Toberoff
Executive Producer:: Mark M Wolper
Producer:: Alissa M Kantrow
Producer:: Karen Mayeda Vranek
Producer:: Ann Kindberg
Producer:: Cheryl Eatock

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Brand

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