>From: "Sheller, Mimi" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: BBC TV series: Back to my Roots
>To: [log in to unmask]
>
>HELP SOUGHT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE DUE TO TIGHT PRODUCTION SCHEDULE
>From: Ian Leese [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Subject: BBC TV series: Back to my Roots
>
> I'm making a film for a new BBC2 family history series called
> "Back to My Roots", which follows celebrities as they retrace their
> family trees and explore the social histories they reveal. My film will
> follow Moira Stuart, Britain's first black woman newsreader, whose family
> travelled between the Caribbean & Britain several times during the 20th
> century. Her story could potentially become a revealing picture of the
> changing experience of black people settling in Britain over the last 100
> years, as well as a powerful personal story of trying to reconnect with
> her more distant past.
>
> I am seeking any advice or contacts members of this list might be
> able to help me out with. I'm especially looking for:
> 1. People who could help to add a strong social history context,
> i.e. what it was like for black immigrants from the Caribbean like
> Moira's ancestors (great-grandfather came to London in 1899 to study law;
> grandparents met while both studying medicine at Edinburgh University
> during WW1).
> 2. Advice on practicalities of trying to hunt down 19th century
> records in Trinidad, Dominica and Antigua
> 3. People who could help to fill out the social & historical
> context for those 3 islands, particularly from the end of the slave era,
> through emancipation and 19th/early 20th century social experience
>
> Please do drop me a line -- you can reach me on 020 7241 9208 or
> by email at [log in to unmask]
>
> I hope to hear from you soon.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Ian Leese
> Director, Back to My Roots
> BBC/Wall to Wall Television
> tel: +44 20 7485 7424
> dir: +44 20 7241 9208
> fax: +44 20 7267 5292
>
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Dr. Jason Lim
Department of Geography
University College London
26 Bedford Way
London WC1H OAP
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Tel: +44 (0) 20 7679 1100
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7679 7565
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