`This is one of the most important books on race, representation and politics to come along in a decade?. Sarita Malik?s book is a brilliant contribution to the literature on race, cultural studies and public pedagogy? - Henry Giroux, Penn State UniversityRepresenting Black Britain offers a critical history of Black and Asian representation on British television from the earliest days of broadcasting to the present day. Working through programs as wide-ranging as the early documentaries to `ethnic sitcoms? and youth television, this book provides a detailed analysis of shifting institutional contexts, images of `race? and ethnic-minority cultural politics in modern Britain.