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Empire Road is a British television series, made by the BBC in 1978 and 1979. Written by Michael Abbensetts, the programme ran for two series. The series was the first British television series to be written, acted and directed predominantly by black artists. A soap opera, similar in format to Coronation Street, Empire Road depicted life for the African-Caribbean, East Indian and South Asian residents of a racially diverse street in the city of Birmingham. The eponymously named theme song was recorded by Matumbi and also released as a single in 1978.

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rdfs:label	Empire Road (en)
rdfs:comment	Empire Road is a British television series, made by the BBC in 1978 and 1979. Written by Michael Abbensetts, the programme ran for two series. The series was the first British television series to be written, acted and directed predominantly by black artists. A soap opera, similar in format to Coronation Street, Empire Road depicted life for the African-Caribbean, East Indian and South Asian residents of a racially diverse street in the city of Birmingham. The eponymously named theme song was recorded by Matumbi and also released as a single in 1978. (en)
dcterms:subject	Television shows set in Birmingham, West Midlands BBC television dramas English-language television shows 1970s British drama television series 1978 British television series debuts 1979 British television series endings
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Rudolph Walker Birmingham Desmond's Television shows set in Birmingham, West Midlands Joseph Marcell Julie Walters Pebble Mill Studios BBC television dramas English-language television shows Coronation Street Meg Johnson 1970s British drama television series Corinne Skinner-Carter BBC BBC Two Wayne Laryea Drama Allister Bain 1978 British television series debuts Norman Beaton Handsworth, West Midlands Alex Marshall (actor and director) 1979 British television series endings Michael Abbensetts Matumbi (band) Sheila Kelley (British actress) Soap opera Thomas Baptiste British television British African-Caribbean community
Link from a Wikipage to an external page	http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/535304/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20050507210342/http:/www.action-tv.org.uk/guides/empireroad.htm
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channel	BBC Two
country	United Kingdom (en)
director	Alex Marshall (actor and director)
first aired	1978-10-31 (xsd:date)
genre	Drama
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language	English (en)
last aired	1979-11-01 (xsd:date)
num episodes	15 (xsd:integer)
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runtime	1800.0 (second)
starring	Meg Johnson Wayne Laryea Allister Bain Norman Beaton Sheila Kelley (British actress) Thomas Baptiste Frances Cox, (en) Rosa Roberts (en)
title	Empire Road (en)
writer	Michael Abbensetts
has abstract	Empire Road is a British television series, made by the BBC in 1978 and 1979. Written by Michael Abbensetts, the programme ran for two series. The series was the first British television series to be written, acted and directed predominantly by black artists. A soap opera, similar in format to Coronation Street, Empire Road depicted life for the African-Caribbean, East Indian and South Asian residents of a racially diverse street in the city of Birmingham. Cast members included Norman Beaton, Corinne Skinner-Carter, Wayne Laryea, Joseph Marcell, Rudolph Walker and Rosa Roberts. The programme also provided early TV exposure for Julie Walters who appeared in a few episodes. The series was made at BBC Pebble Mill with location work in the Handsworth area of Birmingham. The eponymously named theme song was recorded by Matumbi and also released as a single in 1978. The general premise of the series concerns the day-to-day life of a residential property landlord who also owns a minimarket – where his brother-in-law is a junior partner – and sometimes deals with social concerns of the time, namely race issues, family issues and mixed relationships. Problems that arise are usually solved or at least calmed by the protagonist family's patriarch using reasoning based on his life experience, wisdom and common sense. Some of the younger characters affectionately regard him as a benign 'godfather' figure. The patriarch's son runs a dry-cleaning business. Norman Beaton would later go on to star in the Channel 4 comedy series Desmond's. (en)
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number of episodes	15 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger)
number of seasons	2 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger)
release date	1978-10-31 (xsd:date)
runtime (s)	1800.000000 (xsd:double)

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