Empire Road
Empire Road
1978 - 1979
Drama
TV Series
A soap opera, similar in format to Coronation Street, Empire Road depicted life for the African-Caribbean, East Indian and South Asian residents of a racially diverse street in the city of Birmingham.
Directed by:
Horace Ové
6 total credits
He came to Britain in 1960 to study painting, photography and interior design. After working as a film extra in Rome, he returned to London to study at the London School of Film Technique. He began work on Man Out, a surreal film about a West Indian novelist who has a mental breakdown. The project was never completed, but in 1966 Ové directed The Art of the Needle, a short film for the Acupuncture Association. This was followed by another short, Baldwin's Nigger (1969), in which novelist James B
2 total credits
Credits include: To Serve Them All My Days and Empire Road
Writer:
Michael Abbensetts
5 total credits
Credits include: Black Christmas, Happy Birthday BBC Two, Empire Road, Big George Is Dead and Black and White in Colour
Starring:
Allister Bain, Rudolph Walker
11 total credits
Credits include: King Ralph, The Thin Blue Line, Love Thy Neighbour, Spaghetti House and Universal Soldier
12 total credits
Credits include: The Ipcress File, Sunday Bloody Sunday, The Wild Geese, Black Snake and Rise and Fall of Idi Amin
16 total credits
In the early 1970s, Beaton began to perform in plays in London's West End. In 1970 he played the role of Ariel in Shakespeare's The Tempest, which he described in his autobiography as "the most important role of my acting career". In 1975, he helped to establish the Black Theatre of Brixton. In 1975 Beaton played Nanki-Poo in The Black Mikado, a modern version of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado. In 1976, Beaton broke into television in the series The Fosters, which also featured a young Lenny
16 total credits
Credits include: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, Hellboy: The Crooked Man, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion and The Exorcism of God
5 total credits
Credits include: Babymother, Love Thy Neighbour, Gholam, Hidden Fears and Empire Road
2 total credits
Credits include: The Bugaloos, Empire Road and Firefly, Light My Fire
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Directed by:
Horace Ové 6 total credits
He came to Britain in 1960 to study painting, photography and interior design. After working as a film extra in Rome, he returned to London to study at the London School of Film Technique. He began work on Man Out, a surreal film about a West Indian novelist who has a mental breakdown. The project was never completed, but in 1966 Ové directed The Art of the Needle, a short film for the Acupuncture Association. This was followed by another short, Baldwin's Nigger (1969), in which novelist James B
2 total credits
Credits include: To Serve Them All My Days and Empire Road
Writer:
Michael Abbensetts 5 total credits
Credits include: Black Christmas, Happy Birthday BBC Two, Empire Road, Big George Is Dead and Black and White in Colour
Starring:
Allister Bain, Rudolph Walker 11 total credits
Credits include: King Ralph, The Thin Blue Line, Love Thy Neighbour, Spaghetti House and Universal Soldier
12 total credits
Credits include: The Ipcress File, Sunday Bloody Sunday, The Wild Geese, Black Snake and Rise and Fall of Idi Amin
16 total credits
In the early 1970s, Beaton began to perform in plays in London's West End. In 1970 he played the role of Ariel in Shakespeare's The Tempest, which he described in his autobiography as "the most important role of my acting career". In 1975, he helped to establish the Black Theatre of Brixton. In 1975 Beaton played Nanki-Poo in The Black Mikado, a modern version of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado. In 1976, Beaton broke into television in the series The Fosters, which also featured a young Lenny
16 total credits
Credits include: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, Hellboy: The Crooked Man, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion and The Exorcism of God
5 total credits
Credits include: Babymother, Love Thy Neighbour, Gholam, Hidden Fears and Empire Road
2 total credits
Credits include: The Bugaloos, Empire Road and Firefly, Light My Fire
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