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The BBC drama Banished has an all-white cast because it is a story about the British experience, for British people, writer Jimmy McGovern says, arguing it is up to the ABC to produce a series that ...

At its heart, Banished is a story of survival. Though it is set in the stark historical reality of the founding of the penal colony in Australia in 1788 after the arrival of the First Fleet, it is not ...

With all the focus on the Beeb’s sweeping new adaptation of Poldark, which will be setting pulses racing on Sunday evening, you may have missed Banished. It’s BBC Two’s gritty new period drama about a ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A new seven-part BBC drama series about the arrival of the first fleet in Sydney has drawn big TV audiences in the UK, despite the ...

Setting his new series in 18th century Australia might seem like a departure for Jimmy McGovern - the BAFTA-winning writer renowned for using drama to address issues plaguing contemporary Britain. But ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. He's sitting on location in a wooded area beside Sydney's Manly Dam, fiddling with what turns out to be long hair extensions. The ...

At its heart, Banished is a story of survival. Though it is set in the stark historical reality of the founding of the penal colony in Australia in 1788 after the arrival of the First Fleet, it is not ...