Black on Black is a British television programme broadcast on Channel 4 between 1982 and 1985. Aimed at British African-Caribbean people, Black on Black was a magazine programme that aired every other week.
History
Black on Black, commissioned and aired on Channel 4, was produced by London Weekend Television. It was directed by Trevor Hampton. The programme had the first team of black television journalists in Britain, including Julian Henriques, Simi Bedford, Kim Gordon, Elaine Smith and Victor Romero Evans. The programme's producer, Trevor Phillips, articulated what he saw as the programme's contribution in 1982:
Black on Black was presented by Beverley Anderson and (for the 1985 season) Pauline Black. In 1984, Darcus Howe did an unsuccessful screen test to be a presenter. Special feature programmes included "Ethiopia Special" (1983), on the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia, and "After the Invasion" (1983), on the aftermath of the US invasion of Grenada.
References
External links
Black on Black at the British Film Institute
1982 British television series debuts
1985 British television series endings
Afro-Caribbean culture in the United Kingdom
Black British television shows
Black British mass media
Channel 4 original programming
