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  • Mixed Britannia, BBC Two, review

    Mixed Britannia, BBC Two, review The Telegraph 2011-10-06 Josephine Moulds Josephine Moulds reviews the first episode of BBC Two’s documentary Mixed Britannia, presented by George Alagiah. The first part of an ambitious documentary series, Mixed Britannia, ran last night, continuing BBC Two’s season about mixed-race life in the UK. Over the course of three programmes,…

  • Beware this new mixed-race love-in

    Beware this new mixed-race love-in The Guardian 2011-10-04 Joseph Harker, Assistant Comment Editor I’m glad that attitudes to mixed-race people have changed. But does it all mask a subtler kind of racism? Why does everyone want to be like me? According to scientific research (yes, really) I’m not only more beautiful than, but also biologically…

  • Black Welsh Identity: the unspeakable speaks.

    Black Welsh Identity: the unspeakable speaks. British Broadcasting Corporation North West Wales 2006-05-30 Isabel Adonis, Writer and Artist Isabel Adonis was born in London and brought up in Llandudno, the Sudan and Nigeria. She spent 21 years in Bethesda before returning to Llandudno. She helped found Timbuktu, a new international arts and literary journal. This…

  • Mixed Britannia – marrying an alien

    Mixed Britannia – marrying an alien BBC Two 2011-10-02 George Alagiah, Host Nearly 100 years ago, Chinese seaman Stanley Ah Foo arrived in Liverpool to start a new life. He soon fell in love—but laws at the time meant that his English bride, Emily, was only able to marry if she gave up her British…

  • Mixed Race Britain – How The World Got Mixed Up

    Mixed Race Britain – How The World Got Mixed Up BBC Press Office: Press Packs 2011-09-05 Ruth Williams, Seretse Khama and family This one-off documentary explores the historical and contemporary social, sexual and political attitudes to race mixing. Throughout modern history, interracial sex has been one of society’s great taboos, and across many parts of…

  • Mixed Race Britain – Mixed Britannia

    Mixed Race Britain – Mixed Britannia BBC Press Office: Press Packs 2011-09-05 In this three-part series George Alagiah explores the remarkable and untold story of Britain’s mixed-race community and examines through the decades how mixed race has become one of the country’s fastest growing ethnic groups. Most of all, the films tell a tale of…

  • Mixed Race Britain – Introduction

    Mixed Race Britain – Introduction BBC Press Office: Press Packs 2011-09-05 Mixed Race Britain is put under the spotlight this September on BBC Two in a collection of revealing and compelling new programmes. Britain in 2011 has proportionately the largest mixed population in the Western world, but a hundred years ago people of mixed race…

  • Mixed Race Season

    Mixed Race Season BBC Press Office BBC Two Summer & Autumn 2011 Diverse, stimulating and rewarding television on BBC Two 2011-06-22 Mixed-race Britain is put under the spotlight this autumn in a collection of revealing new programmes. With a mix of drama and documentaries, the season provides a window into the varied lives of mixed-race…

  • BBC Two explores what it means to be mixed-race in Britain

    BBC Two explores what it means to be mixed-race in Britain British Broadcasting Corporaton 2010-03-10 Mixed-Race Britain is put under the spotlight this autumn on BBC Two in a collection of revealing and compelling new programmes. Britain in 2011 has proportionately the largest mixed population in the Western world, but 100 years ago people of…