In the early years of British television, it wasn’t easy for Black writers to find work, but there were some outstanding exceptions…

Jan Carew and Sylvia Wynter

The Guyanese writer Jan Carew (1920-2012) and his Jamaican wife Sylvia Wynter (1928-) were among the first generation of Black writers who contributed to British TV drama.

Carew had been established in London as a writer and critic since the 1940s, Wynter was an actress who also wrote plays, and together they were part of an important generation of African and Caribbean poets and novelists who lived and worked in post-Windrush era Britain.

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