Black British TV Shows
TV shows from the UK that feature a predominantly black cast of actors, or shows that showcase elements of black british culture.
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- CreatorNoel ClarkeNick LoveAshley WaltersStarsNoel ClarkeAshley WaltersJason MazaAction drama following Aaron Bishop and Ronnie Pike; two NCA agents taking down hardened criminals in London.
- CreatorJunior OkoliChas AppetiStarsPoundzNadia A'RubeaRAUK rap culture brings you a crime drama like nothing you've seen before. In a near-future London, two young men try to better themselves, but are forced to face the consequences of their actions.
- CreatorRonan BennettStarsAshley WaltersKanoJasmine JobsonTwo London drug dealers ply their lucrative trade at a public housing estate in East London.
- CreatorDaniel Lawrence TaylorStarsDaniel Lawrence TaylorKadiff KirwanAdelayo AdedayoA struggling jazz band from South London are propelled back in time.
- CreatorIdris ElbaGary ReichStarsIdris ElbaPiper PeraboFrankie HerveyCharlie, a struggling DJ and eternal bachelor is given a final chance at success when he reluctantly becomes a nanny to his famous best friend's problem-child daughter.
- StarsDane BaptisteDon WarringtonLiz Hume Dawson30 something male lives at home with his parents. He dislikes his job, loves his girlfriend, and dislikes his twin sister. He works hard to make everything better, yet some how makes things worse in a hilarious manner.
- StarsGbemisola IkumeloSamson KayoJohn MacmillanA zany, new comedy sketch show featuring an array of oddball characters and off-the-wall situations ranging from a misunderstood superhero to Croydon's leading witch-doctor.
- StarsMichaela CoelDanielle WaltersRobert LonsdaleThe life of Tracey and the mishaps of her neighbourhood, friends and family, and of course, her boyfriend.
- StarsNaomi AckieGary BeadleKhali BestSmall Axe is based on the real-life experiences of London's West Indian community between 1969 and 1982.
- CreatorLevi David AddaiBenjamin KuffuorStarsCalvin DembaAde OyefesoShavani CameronTwo best friends, one who has nothing going for him and the other with top grades and a bright future want to take their grime to the next level. When Yems (Ade Oyefeso) meets a girl at College he gains an immediate attraction for her, they become good friends and all three of them form a group called the "Youngers".
- StarsTrieve Blackwood-CambridgeJoan IyiolaKayode EwumiKazim and Jeremiah are two young entrepreneurs in the early stages of rolling out their home-delivery business Speedi-Kazz. This sitcom follows this fledgling enterprise--and this awkward bromance.
- StarsRonke AdekoluejoMichael WorkeyeCJ Beckford'Big Age' follows a group of four young Black British friends as they take on the 'big age' era of their lives. While juggling romance, parental expectations, work, personal dreams and more.
- CreatorIdris ElbaStarsJimmy AkingbolaMadeline AppiahBill BaileyThe Easmon family living in London in 1985 sees their quiet life disrupted when their relative from Sierra Leone moves in.
- CreatorAbby AjayiStarsDeborah AyorindeSarah NilesCJ BeckfordStephen Richards has built a cosmetics empire, but when he suffers a stroke, his family's secrets and lies rise to the surface and the future of his multi-million-pound company is at stake.
- CreatorPeter MoffatStarsSophie OkonedoAdrian LesterDaniel EzraA lawyer returns to Britain to become the first black Director of Public Prosecutions. She begins to suspect that everything she knew about the man she has been married to for the past 20 years is a lie.
- StarsSamuel AdewunmiBadria TimimiYetunde OduwoleA young man stands accused of murder. The evidence is overwhelming. But at his trial, this man tells an extraordinary story.
- CreatorAdjani SalmonMaximilian EvansNatasha JataniaStarsAdjani SalmonDani MoseleyRachel AdedejiKwabena is an aspiring filmmaker trapped in his recruitment job. When he is given the opportunity he's always dreamed of, is he brave enough to chase it?
- CreatorJoe TuckerLloyd WoolfGbemisola IkumeloStarsFelicity MontaguGbemisola IkumeloHammed AnimashaunFollows the story of Dom and Kay, who join the Met Police in the hope of cleaning up their community but are unwittingly thrust into the murky world of deep cover infiltration as they become part of a powerful criminal enterprise.
- StarsDéja J. BowensNadine MarshallRay FearonFollows musician Bosco Champion and his sister Vita who steps out of her brother's shadow to become a performer in her own right, setting the Champion siblings against one another and tearing apart the whole family in the process.
- StarsMarcus OniludeDeLove AkraJordie LeanyBow, London. 2001. 5 Young boys are dreaming of a summer of music and starting their own Grime crew being able to make their voice heard through music.
- CreatorLenny HenryStarsRochelle NeilYazmin BeloSaffron CoomberA life-affirming drama, written by Sir Lenny Henry inspired by his mother's stories about leaving Jamaica in the 1950s for Great Britain. Follows sisters Leah and Chantrelle and their friend Hosanna starting a new life in England.
- CreatorRapmanStarsMichael SalamiEddie MarsanAdelayo AdedayoA group of seemingly ordinary people from South London unexpectedly develop super powers. They don't seem to have a connection between them aside from being Black.
- StarsDionne BrownSamuel AdewunmiBellahQueenie Jenkins is a 25-year-old Jamaican British woman living in south London, living in between two cultures and entering neatly into neither.