Award-winning dramatist Stephen Poliakoff blows open the volatile world of 1930s London, in a story about a black jazz band's rise to success, before violence and prejudice brings it crashing back to earth. Set in an extraordinary period of immense change, the Louis Lester Band arrives at the forefront of an emerging musical movement: jazz. As the band grows in popularity and starts to mix with the upper classes, the intoxicating combination of music, money and parties pull the characters in...
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. Award-winning dramatist Stephen Poliakoff blows open the volatile world of 1930s London, in a story about a black jazz band's rise to success, before violence and prejudice brings it crashing back to earth. Set in an extraordinary period of immense change, the Louis Lester Band arrives at the forefront of an emerging musical movement: jazz. As the band grows in popularity and starts to mix with the upper classes, the intoxicating combination of music, money and parties pull the characters into a glamorous but perilous world. Soon the band begins to feel immune from the prejudice hovering beneath the surface of society, but the sudden death of one of the band members creates a catastrophic turn in their fortunes. They immediately find themselves confronted by betrayal, and their privileged position is quickly torn away from them as they begin to discover who their friends really are. A stellar cast including Chiwetel Ejiofor, John Goodman, Matthew Goode and Jacqueline Bisset star in this explosive new drama, where for a moment music transcends the divisions of class and race, until fear and hate once again tear them apart. Actors Jenna-Louise Coleman, John Goodman, Austin Hardiman, Nicholas Blatt, Peter Brown, Calvin Dean & Martine Richards Director Stephen Poliakoff Certificate 12 years and over Year 2012 Languages English
Steven Poliakoff writes this five-part drama set in London in the 1930s following the rise and fall of a black jazz band. As their success leads them to mingle with the upper class, the members of the Louis Lester Band feel insusceptible to a prejudice society. But before long one of them dies in suspicious circumstances and a darkness begins to descend upon the group as they realise how precarious their situation has become. The cast includes John Goodman, Jacqueline Bisset, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Matthew Goode, Joanna Vanderham and Janet Montgomery.
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