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Then to Now: The History of Black British Television | Netflix

[realtrini]

Thank for this! I always appreciate black British shows as a West Indian

[ErikaMcQueen]

Thanks for this . I was intrigued to know about this

[byronbenguche]

Empire Road was the first Black British Tv Show i was introduced too as a child here in Chicago on WTTW Channel 11 in 1978 that was the first time i heard black people with a British accent i loved that show

[MozzieMutant]

Love this, but needed to be an hour. There is so many shows that got missed out

[Delboy]

Irony is there were more black shows in Britain in primetime in the 1990s than now. Since 2000 black led shows disappeared from mainstream British TV. The TV license Tax went up and but no discount for black people due to the lack of black content. Taxation without representation. Some people say this happened when British channels starting outsourcing programme content to independent TV production companies who didn't see having diverse characters as a priority, black people and black shows disappeared from British TV overnight, leading to a wave of black British actors heading to Hollywood for work because they couldn't get jobs in the UK. But you could get white comedians in blackface being 'ironically' racist on mainstream TV in the 2000s

[marlysez]

WOW! So proud of how far we've come! & Looking forward to the future!

[TaiwoWilliams]

Loved it. Wished it were longer though.

[shakyelarnold]

Sheeesh and to think some people assume that racism is uniquely American 🤷🏾‍♂️

[guyafrica]

Small Axe was a recent highlight for me.

[SaturdayMorno]

Lenny Henry, Joseph Marcell and many other Black Brits are loved over more in the States. I wish they would have broadcast their old shows over here at the same time as American television schedule. Widows the original series would have been well received by the American audiences because doing that time MIami Vice and other shows with black people were starting becoming popular and the norm. Please Britain, bring those shows to the US and Canada

[candykane]

I give all my respect and honor to superfluous brothers n sisters from the UK much grateful for this video

[kevinbrown-gesz]

Some of the best comedy writers in the US worked on Good Times, so when it was remade in the UK as The Fosters, that was probably the funniest show on UK television. I'm surprised it didn't last longer.

[mrdorf]

Missed out No Problem. I was too young to remember it properly but do remember my family watching it.

[DeepScreenAnalysis]

There were prominent black characters on the soap opera Crossroads in the 1970s and 80s which is overlooked here.

[BulelaPodcast]

Loved this! I have learnt so much and will try to watch all the shows mentioned. Where can I find a full list😅?

[caerfaimama]

What about No Problem? Was expecting that to mentioned!

[Coswalker]

there seem to be a date error with the show Famalam. on google it say it first aired in 2017 not 2008.

[bluebear]

needs to be more now. theyre all great and entertaining. surprisingly there was more positive representation back in the day

[bearwolfable]

“Judge a man not by the color of his skin, but by the content of his character.”
- Martin Luther King Jr.

[reubenhugo]

Let’s not attach queerness to our culture please… let’s gain valid power and agency built on family and morality before doing anything else first