Blacklisted Conversations

This week we speak to the brilliant actress Michelle Greenidge about her role in the new season of Code 404.

Sky's popular comedy series lead by Stephan Graham and Daniel Mays is about two Detective Inspectors running the show in the Met Police's Special Investigation Unit until one of them is gunned down and brought back to life by an experimental artificial intelligence project.

Michelle plays PC Williams aka  DS Judith Papastathopoulos. Michelle is popularly known for her roles in Michaela Coel's multi-award winning I May Destroy You, Steve McQueen's historically groundbreaking BBC series Small Axe the Mangrove episode, Ricky Gervais' Netflix Comedy After Life and more.

Code 404 is available to watch now on Peacock TV and NOW

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Multi-award winning musician Tinie Tempah is branching out into new creative territories.

He's currently the host of the BBC series Extraordinary Portraits.

As a renowned artistic icon Tinie is best placed to host this transformational series. We discuss why this career transition has been almost seamless ...

The series sees Tinie match members of the public with extraordinary stories to a selection of distinctive and celebrated portrait artists who are then challenged to turn these personal and powerful experiences into compelling portraits.

Series 2 of Extraordinary Portraits airs on BBC One, Mondays at 8.30p,

The series is also available on BBC iPlayer

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BAFTA-nominated actor Paapa Essiedu's latest role is in the Sky Original drama The Lazarus Project. Written by Joe Barton (Giri/Haji).

Paapa plays George, an app developer who wakes up reliving a day from the past. Soon after he meets Archie who recruits him to a secret organisation working on preventing world ending catastrophes via time travel. All good for George until he loses a loved one and has to decide what's worth more - saving his loved one or saving humnaity.

We discuss with Paapa, whether sci-fi projects are the manual to surviving real world events and his pending trip to Glastonbury.

The Lazarus Project is available to watch on Sky Max and Now TV

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The wonderful Nella Rose is one of the UK's most prolific and talented influential presenters.

Funny, down to earth and relatable, it makes perfect sense that was announced as the new co-host of Catfish UK alongside Oobah Butler.

Starting out with a YouTube college set vlog Nella's been on a brilliant journey. Celebrating her we discussed her supportive parents, why she was always destined to be on screen and whilst she's never been catfished, she has been foodfished!!!

Catfish UK airs Wednesdays on MTV

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He's sold out tours, he's broken the internet with his Insta sketches, he's the host of two late night shows, he's about to reprise his role as co-host of the updated Big Breakfast morning show, he's won two BAFTA alongside a number of wins, nominations and recognitions but yet Mo Gilligan's happy place is mowing his lawn, fixing fences and admiring his beard...

Catch series 3 of Mo Gilligan's The Lateish Show Fridays on Channel 4.

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Over the course of her career, Paulette Randall has made significant contributions to British theatre and television: from producing Desmond's to serving as Talawa's Artistic Director.

Paulette also became the first Black British woman to direct a play in London’s West End and was famously praised by August Wilson for her directorial work on his plays.

TBB joins Paulette to discuss her work directing the upcoming production of Roy Williams' new play The Fellowship coming to the Hampstead Theatre this June.

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Dexter Flanders' play Foxes explores the complexities of sexual identity and the impact unleashing your true self can have on those around you.

As a trained RADA actor turned writer, Dexter focuses on telling stories of "the unvoiced."

After Foxes received a Best New Play Alfred Fagon nomination in 2018 it premiered at Theatre503 in 2021. It's now back at the Seven Dials Playhouse for a second run.

We spoke to Dexter about his journey and his commitment to breaking down stereotypical views of life on the ends ...

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Raised by Wolves is the acclaimed sci-fi series by renowned sci-fi storyteller Ridley Scott.

The series follows two androids attempting to raise human children on a new virgin planet following a devastating war on Earth.

BAFTA nominated Abubakar plays 'Father' an android in charge of the human children alongside his partner 'Mother' (Amanda Collins). In the recently aired season 2 Mother & Father and their 6 human children join a newly formed atheistic colony in Kepler-22b’s mysterious tropical zone.

In this interview we discuss the surreal world of Raised by Wolves, Abubakar's Gaming company, and his Kenyan roots ...

Season 2 of Raised by Wolves is available to watch in the UK on NOW

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Top Gun Maverick is the sequel to the 1986 original Top Gun. With Tom Cruise back as Pete "Maverick" Mitchell the updated cast features more women, more people of colour and a lot more action.

Greg 'Tarzan' Davis joins the cast as LT. Javy "Coyote" Machado and after a career in TV notably a long stint in Grey's Anatomy we talked about his debut big feature role ... and his grasp of the British accent ...

Top Gun Maverick is in UK cinemas from May 27th ...

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Moses McKenzie is the Bristol-based debut novelist of ‘An Olive Grove in Ends’.

An Olive Grove in Ends follows Sayon Hughes, a young Black man from Bristol, who dreams of a world far removed from the one in which he was raised. Growing up, Sayon found respite from chaos in the love and loyalty of his brother-in-arms, Cuba; in the example of his cousin Hakim former infamous drug-dealer turned proselytising Muslim; and in the tenderness of his girl, Shona. After an altercation in which a boy is killed, Sayon finds his loyalties torn and his dream of a better life in peril.

Moses speaks to us about his work post April release of his novel. We speak about his writing, his inspirations, and his career to-date.

Follow Moses McKenzie - @eastsidemoses

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