It’s October and the Black Cultural Archives, a celebrated museum in Brixton, is a frenzy of activity as filming is in full swing on Queenie, the much anticipated new show on Channel 4.
Cables snake across the floor, spotlights illuminate the white walls inside and – in the middle of it all – the show’s lead Dionne Brown is getting ready for the cameras to start rolling. Barely out of acting school, she is starring as the title character, Queenie herself.
