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.^[1]

Rainbow City
Genre	Legal drama
Created by	John Elliot
Starring	Errol John Horace James Gemma Jones
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Producers	John Elliot Alan Rees
Running time	25 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC1
Release	1 July (1967-07-01) – 9 August 1967 (1967-08-09)

The series was the first British TV series to feature a black actor, Errol John as the lead character.^[2] 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.^[1] The series was shot at the BBC's Gosta Green studio in Birmingham. Five of the six episodes survived.^[2]

Mary, Steele's white wife, was played by Gemma Jones, later the star of the BBC's The Duchess of Duke Street.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. Bourne, Stephen (2001). Black in the British Frame: The Black Experience in British Film and Television. London & New York City: Continuum. p. 121. ISBN 9781441161352.
2. Cooke, Lez (21 October 2016). "Drama from Gosta Green (1956–71)". Forgotten Television Drama.

External links

• Rainbow City at IMDb