30 years after the Race Relations Act, has the dream of a utopian multi-cultural state been shattered? First premiered on More4 earlier this month, Dr Robert Beckford presents the documentary ‘Ghetto Britain: 30 Years of Race’, on Channel 4 this week exploring the state of race in Britain today.

In 1976, parliament passed the first piece of legislation outlawing racial discrimination, the Race Relations Act. Thirty years on, Beckford asks whether Britain has succeeded in embracing the multicultural dream, or whether indeed the plan has spectacularly backfired, and created a multi million pound race relations industry that has lost touch with its grassroots.

Made by Maverick Television, the film was executive produced by Tommy Nagra, former head of the BBC’s Asian Programmes Unit.

Upcoming actress Mamta Bhatia, stars new a new play later this week written by the acclaimed writer Kwame Kwei-Amah.

Titled ‘The Politician’ and showing this Thursday at The Albany in London, she plays the part of Ashna, a Conservative party candidate standing for election who is having an affair with a Black member of the Labour party.

The play will be part of Kwame’s ‘Success Personified’ event, as part of Black History Month, to recognise that he was the first black writer to have a hit play (Elimina’s Kitchen) produced in London’s West-end. The event is being organised by Tell Tarra, one of London’s most successful black theatre companies.