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Part 2: Chris Eubank Back in 1996, Eubank made a memorable appearance as a guest presenter on Top of the Pops. Fast forward to 1999, he not only launched the Dreamcast but also made a cameo in the music video for "Turn Around" by Phats & Small, where he showcased his truck. Eubank's charisma extended to the airwaves as well, with his own show called Eubank's People on Talk Radio, featuring notable guests like Linford Christie, John Fashanu, Lennox Lewis, and Naseem Hamed.

Christopher Livingstone Eubank, (born 8 August 1966) a former British professional boxer, had an impressive career from 1985 to 1998. He held the World Boxing Organization (WBO) middleweight and super-middleweight titles for five years, making him one of the best British super-middleweight boxers of all time. Eubank's undefeated streak in his first ten years as a professional and his popularity soared with his eccentric personality

Brenda Garratt-Glassman, born in 1955 to Guyanese parents, embarked on her dance journey at the tender age of eight when she enrolled at the prestigious Joyce Butler School of Dance. Despite the prevailing expectations for her to pursue a career in "cabaret" performing, it was Butler who recognised her exceptional talent and foresaw the challenges she would face as a Black dancer seeking opportunities abroad due to racial barriers.

Jon Daniel (1966 - 2017), was a highly accomplished and celebrated creative genius hailing from Britain with a rich African Caribbean heritage. With an impressive career spanning over twenty-five years, Jon's expertise lay in graphic design, where he had honed his skills as an art director for some of London's top advertising agencies. His exceptional talent led him to create impactful and award-winning campaigns for a diverse range of clients

Cuffay was the subject of a 2010 BBC Radio 4 programme entitled Britain's Black Revolutionary written and presented by the former trades union leader Bill Morris. William Cuffay was also the subject of a 2011 ABC Hindsight radio documentary entitled Isle of Denial: William Cuffay in Van Diemen's Land, which was shortlisted in the NSW Premier's Award in 2012.

Sir Clive Hubert Lloyd, CBE, AO, CM, (born 31 August 1944) is a Guyanese-British former cricketer and captain of the West Indies cricket team. Lloyd is widely regarded as one of the greatest captains of all time. As a boy he went to Chatham High School in Georgetown. At the age of 14 he was captain of his school cricket team in the Chin Cup inter-school competition. One of his childhood memories is of sitting in a tree outside the ground overlooking the sightscreen watching G

Joseph Jackson Fuller was born in Spanish Town, Jamaica on 29 June 1825, son of Alexander McCloud Fuller, a slave. When he was eight years old, the "apprenticeship act", giving immediate freedom to those six years of age and below, and an intermediate status for those of his age and older, was enacted. At this time a Baptist mission house offered Joseph's mother reduced fees of 3d a week to enrol Joseph and his brother Samuel as pupils, helped by his grandmother who ran a sma

Dame Daphne Steele, (15 October 1927 – 2004), a remarkable Guyanese nurse, made history in 1964 when she became the first Black Matron in the National Health Service (NHS). Born in 1927 in the Dutch colony of Essequibo, which is now part of Guyana, Daphne was the eldest of nine children. Her younger sister went on to become known as renowned actress Carmen Munroe. Their father, a pharmacist, supported the family while her mother took care of the household.

Dr John Anthony Roberts QC (17 May 1928 - 26 June 2016) was born in Sierra Leone. He is the first person of African ancestry to be made a QC in England and Wales.