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''Rainbow City'' is a British
television
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series made by the
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and shown in 1967. It was created and produced by
John Elliot.
The series was the first British TV series to feature a black actor,
Errol John
Errol John (20 December 1924 – 10 July 1988) was a Trinidad and Tobago actor and playwright who emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1951.
Biography Early years in Trinidad
John was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, on 20 December 1924, the ...
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
Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ...
. 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
Gosta Green is an area in the city of Birmingham, England. It lies at the edge of the city centre, northeast of Birmingham New Street station.
University
Gosta Green is the home of the Aston University campus. The campus is also adjacent to ...
studio in Birmingham. Five of the six episodes survive.
Mary, Steele's white wife, was played by
Gemma Jones
Jennifer "Gemma" Jones (born 4 December 1942) is an English actress. Appearing on both stage and screen, her film appearances include ''Sense and Sensibility'' (1995), the ''Bridget Jones'' series (2001–2016), the ''Harry Potter'' series ( ...
, later the star of the BBC's ''
The Duchess of Duke Street
''The Duchess of Duke Street'' is a BBC television drama series set in London between the late 1800s and 1925. It was created by John Hawkesworth, previously the producer of the ITV period drama '' Upstairs, Downstairs''. It starred Gemma Jo ...
''.
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1960s British drama television series
1960s British legal television series
1967 British television series debuts
1967 British television series endings
BBC television dramas
Black-and-white British television shows
Television shows set in Birmingham, West Midlands
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