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Raising the Bar: 100 Years of Black British Theatre and Screen - Pressure, Conflict and Creativity - BBC Sounds

Raising the Bar: 100 Years of Black British Theatre and Screen

Pressure, Conflict and CreativityPressure, Conflict and Creativity

Released On: 13 Nov 2015

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Lenny Henry on how anger and protest found their way to stage and screen in the 1970s.

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