Remembers… — Season 1, Episode 8: David Harewood Remembers… A Man from the Sun
Documentary, Talk • 12 min • 5 seasons, 171 episodes
Episode synopsis
Actor David Harewood shares his impressions of John Elliot’s game-changing 1956 BBC drama, which explored the challenges and racism encountered by Windrush immigrants from the West Indies, who had come to Britain after being promised work and a secure future. David discusses the impact A Man From the Sun still holds today, the performances of cast members Errol John, Cy Grant and Earl Cameron, and the context and attitudes of a decade that saw the BBC bring viewers issue-led dramas like this while at the same time creating series such as The Black and White Minstrels.
About Remembers…
What are the secrets of our favourite TV shows? Famous names from both sides of the camera reflect on making some of the most popular and influential programmes of all time.
More episodes from Season 1
- E1Jeanette Winterson Remembers... Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
- E2Bernard Hill Remembers... Boys from the Blackstuff
- E3Colin Baker Remembers… The Roads to Freedom
- E4Hanif Kureishi Remembers… The Buddha of Suburbia
- E5Moira Armstrong and Vivien Heilbron Remember… Sunset Song
- E6Christopher Eccleston Remembers… Our Friends in the North
- E7Kenneth Branagh Remembers… Billy Plays
- E9Siân Phillips Remembers… How Green Was My Valley
- E10Michael Dobbs Remembers… House of Cards
- E11Alison Steadman Remembers… The Singing Detective
- E12Joe McFadden Remembers… The Crow Road
- E13Peter Kosminsky Remembers… Wolf Hall