And the BBC’s Small Axe, its period drama from 12 Years A Slave director Steve McQueen, is one such series. And now, finally, we have a release date, as it’s been confirmed that Mangrove ...

Steve McQueen on the set of ‘Small Axe’ These failures have long been disguised by the success of Black British actors. But how much of that success can the UK lay claim to? Idris Elba ...

Wheatle’s plight was captured on screen by Sheyi Cole, who played him in a ‘Alex Wheatle’, of the films that comprises McQueen’s BBC series Small Axe. The BBC adaptation of Crongton was ...

Alex Wheatle, the “Brixton Bard” who wrote the Crongton Knights books and inspired a film in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe series, has died aged 62. Alex’s family shared a statement confirming ...