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TV tonight: the excellent comedy drama Dreaming Whilst Black returns

Kwabena finds that directing a period drama is less than straightforward. Plus, Girls Aloud’s Nadine Coyle is a guest on Drag Race. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Adjani Salmon: 'We joke on set that Dreaming Whilst Black is a documentary'

Dreaming Whilst Black has come a long way since the days of being a webcast. Now with a BAFTA under his belt, its creator chats typecasting, comedy and the diversity boom

Evening Standard

‘Every dark story is funny – and every funny story is dark’: Adjani Salmon on twisted satire Dreaming Whilst Black

With its surreal take on race in showbiz, Dreaming Whilst Black upended TV conventions – and wowed critics. Now, its creator and star is back to break the rules all over again

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Evening Standard

BAFTA TV Awards 2024: who will win, and who should win?

The ES team pick who they think will be successful on the night, and who may be walking away disappointed

Evening Standard

Confronting the audience and breaking the fourth wall: why Black drama is getting meta

On stage and screen, self-referential dramas such as A Strange Loop and American Fiction are on the rise, with playful postmodernism a potent weapon in the fight against inequality

The Guardian - UK

Dreaming Whilst Black - this sharp comedy rings mostly true, is funny, engaging... and incredibly Black

This show won a BAFTA for its pilot episode — and it’s easy to see why

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Dreaming Whilst Black review: wry comedy about a struggling filmmaker

“Dreaming Whilst Black”, a new BBC comedy “about a man who quits his corporate career to try to cut it as a filmmaker”, is itself the product of creator and star Adjani Salmon’s decision to leave a steady job to pursue his dream, said Dan Einav in the Financial Times.…

The Week

The week in television: Gregg Wallace: The British Miracle Meat; Reframed: Marilyn Monroe; Dreaming Whilst Black; Special Ops: Lioness – review

Gregg Wallace fronts a biting cost of living satire; a starry sorority reclaims Marilyn Monroe; and a fable of modern black Britishness leaves you wanting more

The Guardian - UK

Dreaming Whilst Black: a satirical comedy so lifelike it practically wrote itself

The hit web comedy has become a series on BBC Three. It’s not a documentary, but it might as well be, its creator and his co-star tell Nicole Vassell

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