Episodes
| Episode | First Broadcast | Comments |
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| 01 | 20180905 | by David Morley The first of two true stories about African-American lawyer CB King, who was forced to confront the violence and bigotry of the Southern States of America in the battle for Civil Rights in the 1960s. C.B. King - Leo Wringer Bobby Peel - Tom Forrister Slater King - Steve Toussaint Carol King - Cecilia Noble Marion King - Saffron Coomber Charlie Ware - Ammar Duffus Reverend Boyd - Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong Chief Pritchett - Ewan Bailey Sheriff 'Gator' Johnson - David Schaal Senator Peel - Sean Murray Mrs Peel - Emma Handy Sheriff Matthews - David Seddon Frank Jones - Ryan Whittle The Doctor - Lewis Bray Directed by Marc Beeby. While the US Congress was passing legislation to put an end to Segregation, courts in the Deep South were still presided over by racist (elected) judges, mayors still employed brutal Sheriffs with links to the Ku Klux Klan, and in many counties over 90% of the black population were denied the vote through illegal red tape and brazen intimidation. It took a few brave lawyers and campaigners to fight landmark legal cases to put the new legislation into action. C. B. King was the only black lawyer in an area of Georgia the size of England, where over half the population were black. He was eloquent, confident and street wise. He was also just the kind of African-American that the whole Jim Crow system was designed to rub out. He braved white mobs outside courts trying to stop him defending black clients, and even into the early 1980s, CB had to employ a driver in a fast car to escape from the Ku Klux Klan in 'bad' Georgia counties. King was a beacon of light for campaigners throughout America, and he attracted the cream of the country's law students, who competed for internships at his practice. In the summer, white undergraduates from Harvard, Yale or Berkeley would make their way to Albany, Georgia, to work with him, despite the well-known risk of violence and even death at the hands of the KKK. CB's stories are told through the physical and emotional journey of a Harvard law student, Bobby Peel, who spends a summer with CB, working on two landmark cases. The cases are real. This nave, campaigning, ambitious, 20 year-old middle class white kid is mentored by CB King. Through their eyes we see the dark heart of segregation and the divide between the modern northern states and the racist legal and social structures of the Deep South. These dramas are made with the co-operation of CB King's family, including Baroness Oona King, his niece,. A brave man faces hatred and violence in the fight for civil rights in the southern states |
| 02 | 20180906 | by David Morley Another true story about African-American lawyer CB King as he fights for Civil Rights in the violent, racist counties of the Southern States of America in the 1960s. C.B. King - Leo Wringer Bobby Peel - Tom Forrister Slater King - Steve Toussaint Carol King - Cecilia Noble Marion King - Saffron Coomber Knight Collins - Ammar Duffus Charles Sherrod - Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong John Perdew - Ryan Whittle Karl Skinner - David Seddon Sheriff Cull Campbell - Ewan Bailey Stephen Pace - David Schaal Senator Peel - Sean Murray Mrs Peel - Emma Handy The Doctor - Lewis Bray Secretary - Lucy Doyle Directed by Marc Beeby. A brave man faces hatred and violence in the fight for civil rights in the southern states |