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Rainbow City (TV Series)
''Rainbow City'' is a British television series made by the BBC and shown in 1967. It was created and produced by John Elliot (author), John Elliot. The series was the first British TV series to feature a black actor, Errol John in the lead character. John starred as John Steele, a black solicitor, and the series dealt with his personal and professional problems living and working in the multi-ethnic community of Birmingham. John Elliot had been approached by the head of programmes for BBC Birmingham to develop a series about the Caribbean community in Great Britain. Elliot wrote several episodes in collaboration with Trinidadian actor, Horace James, who was cast in one of the other main roles. The series was shot at the BBC's Gosta Green studio in Birmingham. Five of the six episodes survive. Mary, Steele's white wife, was played by Gemma Jones, later the star of the BBC's ''The Duchess of Duke Street''. References External links * 1960s British drama television serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Elliot (author)
Huzaifa Herbert Elliot (4 July 1918 – 14 August 1997) was a British novelist, screenwriter, director, and television producer active from 1954 until around 1993. Between 1954 and 1960, he scripted a succession of one-off television plays including ''War in the Air'' and ''A Man from the Sun''. The latter was a pioneering work aimed at a West Indian audience. In 1961 he joined with astronomer Fred Hoyle to write another ground-breaking TV science fiction serial '' A for Andromeda''. The success of ''A For Andromeda'' prompted a sequel, ''The Andromeda Breakthrough'', in 1962. Following ''Andromeda'', Elliot wrote more one-off plays for the BBC. He resigned from the corporation in 1963, though he would later work with them again, producing a concept for the 1965 drama series ''Mogul'' (renamed ''The Troubleshooters'' from the second series), later being credited as a writer on various episodes of the show. His other works include programs such as ''Fall of Eagles ''Fall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |