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Rainbow City

Rainbow City (1967)

Rainbow City

Ground-breaking BBC series which was the first British TV drama to feature a black actor in the lead role

Borgen

Borgen (2011)

Borgen

Danish political drama about a prime minister's rise to power

Marking Time

Marking Time (1961)

Marking Time

A 'lost' ITV play starring Coronation Street's William Roache as a soldier stationed in Germany who gets a local girl pregnant

Empire Road

Empire Road (1978)

Empire Road

Depicting the lives of the African-Caribbean, East Indian and South Asian residents of a racially diverse street in the city of Birmingham, Empire Road was the first British television series to be written, acted and directed predominantly by artists of colour

Hunter's Walk

Hunter's Walk (1973)

Hunter's Walk

Untypical 1970s police drama set in a small provincial town. More 'Dixon of Dock Green' than 'The Sweeney'

Succession

Succession (2018)

Succession

The Roy family control the biggest media and entertainment company in the world, but the family begins to disintegrate when their patriarch refuses to name a successor

Hinge and Bracket - Dear Ladies

Dear Ladies (1983)

Hinge and Bracket - Dear Ladies

Quirky sitcom centred around two cultured ladies, Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket who reside together in the genteel and picturesque village of Stackton Tressel