{"id":15495,"date":"2011-08-08T05:28:21","date_gmt":"2011-08-08T05:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=15495"},"modified":"2015-11-29T18:31:08","modified_gmt":"2015-11-29T18:31:08","slug":"mixed-race-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=15495","title":{"rendered":"Mixed Race Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mixed Race Season<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

BBC Press Office<\/a>
\nBBC Two Summer & Autumn 2011
\nDiverse, stimulating and rewarding television on BBC Two
\n2011-06-22<\/p>\n

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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 people living in the UK and helps us understand what the increase in mixed-race people means for the way we live in Britain today.<\/em><\/p>\n

Mixed Britannia<\/strong><\/p>\n

George Alagiah<\/a> explores the remarkable and untold story of Britain’s mixed-race community in a new three-part series uncovering a tale of illicit love, tragedy and triumph.<\/p>\n

With previously unseen material and unheard testimony, charting events from the turn of the 20th century to the present day, George examines the social factors that have influenced the shape of today’s mixed-race Britain. He discovers the love between merchant seamen and liberated female workers<\/a>; how the British eugenics<\/a> movement physically examined mixed-race children in the name of science<\/a>; how pioneering white couples adopted mixed-race babies; and how Britain’s mixed-race population exploded with the arrival of people from all over the globe\u2014making it one of the fastest-growing ethnic groups in the UK…<\/p>\n

…Mixed Race<\/strong><\/p>\n

This documentary explores the historical and contemporary social, sexual and political attitudes to race mixing. From the strict application of “anti-miscegenation<\/a>” laws in the USA and South Africa to the emergence of Mestizo cultures in the colonies of South America, the programme examines the complex history of interracial relationships around the world…<\/p>\n

For more information, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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