Who Do You Think You Are? BBC TV, Series 13, episode 8 (Warwick Davis)

  • Rachel Cowgill

Press/Media: Research

Description

Discussion with Warwick Davis on blackface minstrelsy and touring American troupes in the UK, relating to one of his ancestors, the nineteenth-century violinist Dennis Manning.  Broadcast 15 and 21 February 2017  

Subject

Blackface minstrelsy in nineteenth-century Britain

Period15 Feb 2017

Media contributions

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Media contributions

  • TitleWho Do You Think You Are? BBC TV, Series 13, Episode 8 (Warwick Davies)
    Degree of recognitionInternational
    Media name/outletBBC (Wall to Wall)
    Media typeTelevision
    Duration/Length/Sizec5min segment
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date15/02/17
    DescriptionDiscussion with Warwick Davies on blackface minstrelsy and touring American troupes in the UK, relating to one of his ancestors, the nineteenth-century violinist Dennis Manning. Broadcast 15 and 21 February 2017
    Producer/AuthorPaula Nightingale
    URLhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04shh48/player
    PersonsRachel Cowgill