EastEnders to have black-only cast tonight
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EastEnders is to air the first episode featuring an entirely black cast for the first time in its 23-year history.
Tonight's programme will focus entirely on characters Patrick Trueman, Denise Wicks, fiance Lucas, and her daughters Chelsea and Libby.
Patrick reminisces about London in the 1950s after his arrival from the Caribbean in the episode.
The action will be set chiefly in his house, which is also the home of the other characters.
The family discuss history around the dinner table as they mark Shrove Tuesday, and it is revealed that Patrick (played by Rudolph Walker) was involved in the 1958 Notting Hill riots.
He goes on to discuss what it was like living as a black man in 1950s Britain and the racism he had to contend with.
When it is decided that the UK is a less racist place to live, Chelsea questions this, saying it still exists but in a less obvious guise.
Patrick Trueman, currently separated from his wife Yolande, first appeared on the programme in 2001.
Denise and her daughters have been in the show for three years and involved in a series of high-profile storylines.
It was once thought that Patrick was Denise's long lost father, but this was proved not to be the case.
Sounds good and all, but if there was a "white-only" episode, we'd all be called racist. :rolleyes:
