Hey everybody - I couldn't log onto this group for ages (something to
with my computer protection software and cookies - just got it sorted
today so now I can login to yahoo and facebook from my computer!).
Big hellos to everyone old and new - it's so great to read what
everybody's up to.

Here are the TX times for TRAILBLAZERS - our new series! Do watch it
if you can. For excerpts go to: www.trailblazerstheshow.com and we'll
have the full episodes available online from 29 Oct onwards!

The Community Channel - Sky 539 and Virgin 233
NB Freeview Programmes will be screened on Freeview 87 between 06:00 -
09:00.

Thu 25th Oct 2007
20:30 George Harris* - Trailblazers

Fri 26th Oct 2007
20:00 Precious Williams* - Trailblazers

Sat 27th Oct 2007
Freeview 06:30 George Harris - Trailblazers
12:30 George Harris - Trailblazers
20:00 Alrick Riley* - Trailblazers

Sun 28th Oct 2007
00:30 Alrick Riley - Trailblazers
Freeview 07:00 Precious Williams - Trailblazers
19:00 Alrick Riley - Trailblazers
20:00 Paul Crooks* - Trailblazers

Mon 29th Oct 2007
01:00 Paul Crooks - Trailblazers
Freeview 06:00 George Harris - Trailblazers
12:00 Paul Crooks - Trailblazers

Tue 30th Oct 2007
00:00 Alrick Riley - Trailblazers
Freeview 06:00 Alrick Riley - Trailblazers
12:00 George Harris - Trailblazers

Wed 31st Oct 2007
00:00 Paul Crooks - Trailblazers
Freeview 06:00 Precious Williams - Trailblazers
12:00 Alrick Riley - Trailblazers

Thu 1st Nov 2007
00:00 George Harris - Trailblazers

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Trailblazers

A series of 4 x 15' flagship interviews
UK TX dates - Sky 539 • Virgin TV 233 • Freeview 87

Trailblazers is a series of indepth interviews - a celebration, for
Black History Month, of people of colour who have achieved
extraordinary things… The four interviewees are performing at the
highest level in their chosen fields. These in depth interviews are
entertaining, thought provoking and inspiring.

Interviewees:

George Harris
Trailblazers Episode 1, Black History Month, George Harris
George Harris (actor) - originally from the Caribbean island of
Grenada - his film credits include The Interpreter, Raiders of the
Lost Ark, Black Hawk Down, Layer Cake and the latest Harry Potter…
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
Links: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm036471

Precious Williams
Trailblazers Episode 2, Black History Month Precious Williams
Precious Williams (writer) is the daughter of a Nigerian princess and
was `privately fostered', from the age of 3 months, by a white family
in West Sussex. Her first book, a memoir called Precious (Bloomsbury,
2008), lifts the lid on the private fostering phenomenon in the UK and
describes her abusive childhood and her subsequent journey to finding
her own identity. Born in the UK, Precious has also lived in New York
and Berlin, where she has worked as a journalist, writing teacher and
author. As well as writing articles that explore the human condition,
Precious specializes in celebrity interviews – she has interviewed
everybody from P Diddy to Colin Farrell and Naomi Campbell to Bryan
Ferry. Her work has been published all over the world, in publications
including the Sunday Times magazine, the New York Post, Korean Vogue,
the Daily Telegraph, Elle and Marie Claire. She has also been a staff
writer at the Independent on Sunday and New Nation and a Contributing
Editor at the Mail on Sunday, Elle and Cosmopolitan. Links:
www.preciouswilliams.com

Alrick Riley
Trailblazers Episode 3, Black History Month, Alrick Riley
Alrick Riley (director) – he was the first and only Black British
director to win a Bafta (he won two!) – Alrick has directed Cops,
Spooks, Hustle, Hotel Babylon, Judge Dread, Inspector Lynley etc. and
is now one of Britain's most sought after televison directors.
Links: www.cinnamonfilms.com

Paul Crooks
Trailblazers Episode 4, Black History Month, Paul Crooks
Paul Crooks (writer and expert in African Caribbean genealogy) - he
spent 20 years of his on what seemed like an impossible quest to find
his ancestors. Paul wrote a critically acclaimed work of `faction'
(fact and fiction) called Ancestors, which was inspired by his search
for his African roots.
Links: http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~prcrooks/index.html

take care
Kara
xox