Black and White: A Room for the Night

Alternative title

Room for the Night, A

Synopsis

A black journalist and a white journalist, with similar backgrounds, spent two months in Bristol recording their experiences of looking for work, entertainment and accommodation, and found very different responses which could only be attributed to racial prejudice.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.

Year of production

1988

Availability

Sale; 1996 sale: £65.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Notes

Broadcast on BBC1 on 11 April 1988.

Subjects

Sociology

Keywords

race relations

Credits

Director

Yaba Badge

Producer

David Henshaw

Contributor

Colin Cameron; Tony Robinson

Cast

David Henshaw

Sponsor

Name

BBC Television

Distributor

Name

BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning

Contact

Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)

Email

BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com

Web

https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window

Phone

+44 (0) 20 8433 1009

Address

BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK

Notes

The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’