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When I first saw the BBC White Season TV advert, I thought, racist. The advert shows a white man whose face is slowly coloured black by people writing in differing languages across it, whilst in the background Billy Bragg sings Jerusalem, as the advert ends the text “Is white working class Britain becoming invisible?” appears. It seems like an election advert for the BNP, with the obvious suggestion that immigration is swamping Britain. What on earth possessed the BBC? As for the series itself, here’s a list of shows currently highlighted on the White Season website.
Last Orders – One the few remaining outposts of white, working class life opens its doors in this revealing documentary from Bafta and Emmy-nominated filmmaker Henry Singer.
Rivers of Blood – Forty years after Enoch Powell’s infamous speech predicting that mass immigration would lead to violence on our streets, filmmaker Denys Blakeway explores the impact of the maverick Conservative MP’s words and legacy.
White Girl – This provocative and emotive drama from the Bafta Award-winning writer of Sex Traffic tells the story of the clash of cultures that occurs when a white family relocates from Leeds to an otherwise wholly Asian community in Bradford.
The Poles are Coming – According to some of the locals, Peterborough is being stretched to breaking point by the influx of Eastern Europeans, attracted to the area by the promise of high wages and decent living conditions in exchange for manual labour. Employers are delighted with their Polish recruits, but some residents want the Poles to go home.
The Primary – While it’s situated in one of the most racially diverse and troubled areas in Britain, Welford Primary in Handsworth, Birmingham, is a thriving school that brings together pupils from no fewer than 17 different ethnic backgrounds with apparent ease.
All White Barking – Filmmaker Marc Isaacs’ funny and illuminating documentary gives a voice to people who feel that they are at the sharp end of multicultural Britain. Take a trip to the London borough of Barking and Dagenham, an area which has some of the highest levels of immigration in the country and where residents are struggling to come to terms with their new arrivals.
After reading that I’m not sure I’ve got the wrong idea.
Yes, I’ve watched 3 of these programmes thus far in the series and the reaction from the certain sections of the white community are exactly as expected….these programmes made them even more angry about immigrants for whom they blame for the demise of the WWC and WWC culture. Instead of seeing the positive side of mutli-cultural schools of cohesion and a diverse changing british culture or indeed the fact the girl in the drama found tranquility in islam, i’m afraid certain sections of the white community who cannot move with the times became even more outraged by what they watched. this will undoubtedly increase BNP support, but not by a huge amount because the viewing figures arent that high for this series. Once its all blown over, this series will be forgotten about.