Commissions

Greenlit: Back in Time for Brixton, BBC2

Back in Time for Brixton (2 x 60′) – We take one second or third generation Black British family through 60 years of cultural and social shifts, charting the story of how African-Caribbean immigration has changed British culture and society. Based in Brixton, the series will chart Black British milestones as the family fast-forward through six decades that changed the face of Britain. From the arrival of the first families of the Windrush generation, to active recruitment from London Transport and the NHS to the slow and sometimes questionable appearance of black faces on British TV, to the transformation of Britain’s musical and culinary tastes, Back In Time for Brixton offers a new way of celebrating as well as exploring Black British history and its place and influence on British popular culture.

Underpinned by data from the Census and a wide variety of national and local archive sources, everything  the family does will be guided by the lives and experiences of real British families. Starting with no mobiles, and roughly the same amount of money and possessions that their ancestors brought with them on arrival, the family will spend their first night in one of the actual locations newly arrived immigrants were sent to: the recently restored 1950s Clapham South Deep Level Air Raid Shelter. The family then need to start jobs, find somewhere to live, and the adventure begins as they journey through six decades of history.

Channel: BBC2

Producer: Wall to Wall

TX: 2016

Source: BBC press release