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1. The Collaboration
Biography, Drama | Post-production
A look into the unique and rich friendship between two of the worlds most interesting artists, Pop Art legend Andy Warhol, and the King of Neo Expressionism, Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Director: Kwame Kwei-Armah | Stars: Melissa Barrera, Paul Bettany, Daniel Brühl, Jeremy Pope
2. The Saint (I)
Action, Drama | Announced
Simon Templar creates false identities named after saints in order to steal money from various criminal organizations and redistribute the wealth to others.
Director: Doug Liman | Star: Regé-Jean Page
3. Marked Man (II)
Drama | Pre-production
Follows a young black man who joins J. Edgar Hoover's Federal Bureau of Investigation and then infiltrates Garvey's UNIA organization, testing his loyalty to both race and country as he grows weary of both men's actions.
Director: Andrew Dosunmu | Stars: Winston Duke, Jesse Williams
4. Mission Hill
Crime | Announced
Based on the Charles Stuart case that brought Boston to its knees in 1989. It follows an up-and-coming police officer and a seasoned detective racing against time to bring a suspect in before the city implodes over racial tensions.
Director: Kwame Kwei-Armah
6. Ganja
Drama | Announced
How marijuana can heal a nation then tear it down just as quickly - and while two men faced incarceration, a woman builds an empire on its back.
7. Soul Superhero
Fantasy, Musical | Announced
A black girl and the magical street performer, Soul Superhero, team up to save her community with the power of music.
8. Untitled Justin & John Fashanu/Kwame Kwei Armah Project
Biography, Drama | Announced
The lives of Justin Fashanu and his brother John Fashanu, who also played football and was estranged from his brother at the time of his death.
9. Breaking (2022)
PG-13 | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A Marine war veteran faces mental and emotional challenges when he tries to reintegrate into civilian life.
Director: Abi Damaris Corbin | Stars: John Boyega, Nicole Beharie, Selenis Leyva, Michael Kenneth Williams
Votes: 7,874
10. Gods of the Game: A Football Opera (2022 TV Special)
90 min | Musical, Sport
The first opera commissioned for television in over 20 years, Gods of the Game tells the story of two footballing icons tackling the sport's nefarious underbelly of bribery and corruption, ... See full summary »
Director: Kwame Kwei-Armah
11.
Play in a Day (2021–2022)
Episode:
Drama
(2022)
Stars: Liv Andrusier, Rakie Ayola, Chris Bush, Ruth Chan
12.
Play in a Day (2021–2022)
Episode:
Musical Theatre
(2022)
Stars: Liv Andrusier, Rakie Ayola, Chris Bush, Ruth Chan
13.
This Cultural Life (2021– )
Episode:
Kwame Kwei-Armah
(2022)
Talk-Show
Stars: John Wilson, Kwame Kwei-Armah
14. Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking (2021)
80 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A look at the life and work of Oscar Micheaux, a pioneer of the African-American film industry.
Director: Francesco Zippel | Stars: Gian Luca Farinelli, Chuck D, Amma Asante, Kwame Kwei-Armah
Votes: 204
15. This Cultural Life (2021– )
29 min | Talk-Show
John Wilson speaks to leading names in art and culture about their formative influences and inspirations.
Stars: John Wilson, Kenneth Branagh, Mike Leigh, Tracey Emin
16. The Underground (2021– )
Drama
The Underground follows the re-birth of singing sensation Keisha Love who rises from homeless person to re-discovering her glory days, due to accidentally appearing in a rappers snapchat ... See full summary »
Stars: Morayo Adeagbo, Jade Asha, Lajay Bell, Peaches Cadogan
17. Play in a Day (2021–2022)
60 min
Newly graduated and deprived of opportunities, budding young performers backed by creative teams are given 24 hours to stage a 15-minute production.
Stars: Rakie Ayola, Mary Malone, James Graham, Sergei Polunin
18. Fly the Flag (2021)
45 min | Documentary
This year, Fly The Flag highlights Article 19 - the right to freedom of opinion and expression - in an ambitous new project created by choreographer Oona Doherty alongside four associate ... See full summary »
Director: Charlie Di Placido
19.
Play in a Day (2021–2022)
Episode:
Dance
(2021)
Stars: Liv Andrusier, Rakie Ayola, Chris Bush, Ruth Chan
20. Here (I) (2020)
Short, Drama
HERE presents an immersive virtual reality (VR) adaptation of Richard McGuire's ground-breaking graphic novel. This unique experience is a grand biopic - where the main character is place ... See full summary »
Directors: Lysander Ashton, Scott Faris | Stars: Roger Davies, Mina Son, Shiah Luna, Patricia Lentz
21. The Black British Theatre Awards (2020 TV Special)
52 min
Director: Charlie Di Placido | Stars: Rakie Ayola, Nari Blair-Mangat, Arinzé Kene, Martina Laird
22.
Front Row (2017– )
Episode:
The Future of Culture
(2020)
24 min | Music, News, Talk-Show
Directors: Louise Lockwood, Gabriella Meade, John O'Rourke | Stars: Mary Beard, Le Gateau Chocolat, Kwame Kwei-Armah, Antonio Pappano
23.
Imagine (2003– )
Episode:
My Name is Kwame
(2020)
TV-14 | Biography, History
Kwame Kwei-Armah is one of British theatre's most exciting creative leaders. Currently the artistic director of London's Young Vic, he has had a successful career as an actor, writer and ... See full summary »
Director: Charlie Sever | Star: Kwame Kwei-Armah
24.
Portrait Artist of the Year (2013– )
Episode:
Kwame Kwei-Armah, Katherine Grainger and Fred Sirieix
(2020)
Family, Reality-TV
The 8th heat of the seventh season features 9 artists creating portraits of actor/playwright/director/broadcaster Kwame Kwei-Armah, rower and Olympic gold medalist Katherine Grainger and reality television personality Fred Sirieix.
Stars: Stephen Mangan, Kate Bryan, Tai Shan Schierenberg, Kathleen Soriano
25. Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle (2019)
Drama
Speeches from a Caribbean family over the course of four generations. They reveal the hopes and dreams throughout time from the arrived Windrush generation to their descendants.
Stars: Vinette Robinson, Montserrat Lombard, Lenny Henry, Olivia-Mai Barrett
Votes: 35
26.
The One Show (2006– )
Episode:
Episode dated 21 February 2019
(2019)
Documentary, News, Talk-Show
Stars: Matt Baker, Jennie Browne, Sabet Choudhury, Lost Voice Guy
27.
Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle (2019)
Episode:
Cyrus 1951
(2019)
Drama
Cyrus Williams believes that he has found the love of his life in a young nurse, Eunice Daley. A chance meeting after a hospital appointment was all it took for him to want to spend the ... See full summary »
Director: Christiana Ebohon-Green | Star: Clifford Samuel
28. Front Row (II) (2017– )
30 min | Music, News, Talk-Show
BBC Radio 4's long-running, flagship culture review show makes the leap to television, as presenters and guests cast a critical eye over the arts world.
Stars: Mary Beard, Shahidha Bari, David Olusoga, Ella Whelan
Votes: 38
29.
The British (2012–2014)
Episode:
Treasure Islands
(2014)
43 min | Documentary
In 58 AD the arrival of a 10,000-strong Roman army changed England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland for ever. How did this historic moment effect the achievements of early Britons? What social ... See full summary »
Directors: Nick Green, Marion Milne | Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Russell Brand, Mark Corby, Saul David
Votes: 14
30.
The British (2012–2014)
Episode:
People Power
(2014)
43 min | Documentary
The Norman Conquest of 1066 transformed Britain, as William the Conqueror sought to assert his power over the whole of England by dismantling the Anglo-Saxon aristocracy and crushing ... See full summary »
Directors: Nick Green, Marion Milne | Stars: Rory Berry, Russell Brand, David Carpenter, Tracey Emin
Votes: 12
31.
The British (2012–2014)
Episode:
Revolution
(2014)
43 min | Documentary
During the reign of the Tudor and Stuart monarchs England became one of the world's leading naval powers and Henry VIII's began his feud with the Catholic Church. Contributors including ... See full summary »
Directors: Nick Green, Marion Milne | Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Russell Brand, Saul David, Tracey Emin
Votes: 10
32.
The British (2012–2014)
Episode:
Dirty Money
(2014)
43 min | Documentary
Money drove the making of modern Britain, beginning with its role in rebuilding London following the Great Fire of 1666. Underhanded deals brokered in coffee houses fuelled British ... See full summary »
Directors: Jenny Ash, Marion Milne | Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Jeremy Black, Dan Cruickshank, Saul David
Votes: 10
33.
The British (2012–2014)
Episode:
War and Peace
(2014)
43 min | Documentary
The story of 20th-century Britain, including the many ways in which the nation was transformed by the two world wars. We explore the changing role of women through the decades, and examine ... See full summary »
Directors: Louise Hooper, Marion Milne | Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Benedict Allen, Kate Allen, Jeremy Black
Votes: 7
34. Portrait Artist of the Year (2013– )
Family, Reality-TV
Artists around the UK come together to compete for who has the best original celebrity portrait.
Stars: Kate Bryan, Tai Shan Schierenberg, Kathleen Soriano, Joan Bakewell
Votes: 400
35. Fifty Years on Stage (2013 TV Movie)
151 min | Comedy, Drama
The Royal National Theatre celebrates 50 years of excellent theatre, with extracts of some of the best plays of the last five decades, peformed by the countries best performers.
Directors: Nicholas Hytner, Tim Van Someren, Howard Davies, Rufus Norris, Alex Sims | Stars: Roger Allam, Samuel Anderson, Alan Ayckbourn, Jonathan Bailey
Votes: 280
36.
Arena (1975– )
Episode:
The National Theatre: Part Two - War and Peace
(2013)
Documentary
Peter Hall, Richard Eyre, Trevor Nunn and Nicholas Hytner talk about running the new National Theatre from its opening in 1976 to the fulfilment of Olivier's original dream.
Director: Adam Low | Stars: Penelope Wilton, Alan Ayckbourn, Alan Bennett, Michael Blakemore
Votes: 9
37. The British (2012–2014)
Documentary
Series about the 2000 years tumultuous history of Britain. Seven part series with a Journey from the Roman invasion to the coronation of Elizabeth II in 1953.
Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Michael Portillo, Helen Mirren, Jeremy Irons
Votes: 196
38. The Diamond Queen (2012)
59 min | Documentary
A landmark documentary series to mark the 60th year of HM Queen Elizabeth II's reign, filmed over a year and a half.
Stars: Andrew Marr, Princess Anne, Princess Eugenie, Prince William of Wales
Votes: 87
39.
The Diamond Queen (2012)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(2012)
TV-PG | 55 min | Documentary
The height of the reign was the coronation, 16 months after the succession, followed by years of high popularity and a blindly patriotic, enthusiastic press. The relationship with the media... See full summary »
Director: Sally Norris | Stars: Andrew Marr, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, King George VI
Votes: 13
40. Sus (I) (2010)
91 min | Drama
1979: Election Night - A police interview room. Delroy's pregnant wife has been found dead in a pool of blood and he is brought in as the chief suspect. He is interrogated by D.S. Karn, a ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Heath | Stars: Ralph Brown, Clint Dyer, Rafe Spall, Anjela Lauren Smith
Votes: 436
41.
Skins (2007–2013)
Episode:
Everyone
(2010)
TV-MA | 49 min | Drama
As Emily, Naomi, Pandora, and Thomas make up, the gang become concerned for the absent Freddie and hold his birthday party in his absence. Cook, who has read Freddie's notebook which ... See full summary »
Director: Daniel O'Hara | Stars: Merv Lukeba, Jack O'Connell, Kathryn Prescott, Kaya Scodelario
Votes: 709
42.
Late Review (1994–2014)
Episode:
Episode dated 11 June 2010
(2010)
Biography, Talk-Show
Stars: Tim Marlow, David Baddiel, Kwame Kwei-Armah, John O'Farrell
43. Horne & Corden (2009)
Comedy
Horne and cordon is a TVs series including short comedy sketches
Stars: James Corden, Mathew Horne, Mathew Baynton, Nick Mohammed
Votes: 649
44. Christianity: A History (2009– )
Documentary, History
British high-profile personalities examine the origins, history and global impact of Christianity.
Stars: Michael Portillo, Kwame Kwei-Armah, Ann Widdecombe, Rageh Omaar
Votes: 50
45.
Christianity: A History (2009– )
Episode:
Dark Continents
(2009)
Documentary, History
How Christianity was spread into Africa by the Victorians, and why did Africans make Christianity their own.
Director: David Wilson | Stars: Kwame Kwei-Armah, J.O.O. Arhinacquah, Adjoa Pokua Osae Awuku, Obed Campos Castanedo
46.
Horne & Corden (2009)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(2009)
28 min | Comedy
Mat and James try to do their bit to help a disabled fan... with disastrous results. Meanwhile, Superman has to give Spider-Man some very bad news about Banana Man; Ricky Gervais takes on a... See full summary »
Directors: Kathy Burke, Dave Skinner | Stars: James Corden, Mathew Horne, Mathew Baynton, Kellie Bright
Votes: 10
47.
Horne & Corden (2009)
Episode:
Episode #1.5
(2009)
28 min | Comedy
The boys attempt some audience interaction with fatal results. The Vague Critics provide more meaningless debate; Xander interrupts Jibson's work presentation; the Silent Farter is once ... See full summary »
Director: Kathy Burke | Stars: James Corden, Mathew Horne, Mathew Baynton, Kellie Bright
48.
Late Review (1994–2014)
Episode:
Episode dated 7 August 2009
(2009)
Biography, Talk-Show
Stars: Kwame Kwei-Armah, Michael Gove, Natalie Haynes, David Schneider
49. Walter's War (2008 TV Movie)
60 min | Biography, Drama, War
The substantially true story of Walter Tull, a black man whose grandfather was a slave but who was born in Folkestone, Kent, in England, and who, in the years prior to the First World War, ... See full summary »
Director: Alrick Riley | Stars: O-T Fagbenle, Paul Westwood, Zac Fox, Kwame Kwei-Armah
Votes: 121
50.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
The Great and the Good
(2008)
TV-PG | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Lewis and Hathaway become involved in the drugging and rape of a schoolgirl and discover that it is connected to several bizarre murders.
Director: Stuart Orme | Stars: Laura Rees, Richard McCabe, Kwame Kwei-Armah, Jason Watkins
Votes: 649