Network
Channel 5
The story of how some of our best loved stars changed the face of television as the first black British artists on the small screen. Pioneers like Shirley Bassey, Lenny Henry, Trevor McDonald, Moira Stuart, Craig Charles, Don Warrington, Floella Benjamin and Diane-Louise Jordan all broke new ground in the decades in which they came to prominence, as did trail blazing sitcoms Desmond’s and The Fosters and sketch show The Real McCoy. This programme looks at the impact they had, both at the time and in the subsequent years. Angela Griffin narrates.
