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Blacks in Britain Alert: Masterpiece Theatre, “Foyle’s War VI: Killing Time” Presents Black GIs in Post-World War II Britain

• May 6, 2010 • Comments Off

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“Small Island” Concludes on PBS’ Masterpiece Theatre Sunday

• April 22, 2010 • 2 Comments

Posted in Black Britons/British Caribbean, Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, European History, Fiction Writing, Film, Jamaica/British Caribbean, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Public Television, Race, Religion, Sexuality, Television, Women, World War II
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Rest in Peace, Mollie Sugden of “Are You Being Served?”

• July 4, 2009 • 2 Comments

Posted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, History, Memoir, Mollie Sugden, Women
Tags: "Are You Being Served", "Masterpiece Theater", Brit TV, Frank Thornton, Grace Bros., ITV, John Inman, Mike Berry, Mollie Sugden, Mrs. Betty Slocombe, Mrs. Slocombe, Nicholas Smith, PBS, Tiddles, Trevor Bannister, Wilberforce Humphries, William Moore

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