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Peter Foley Born in Edinburgh on 28th June 1944, Peter Foley was the child of of a white mother and a black Ghanaian father. In the 1960s, when racial diversity in League football was scarce, Peter stood out as one of the very few black players. He made history as the first black player at Workington Reds, Chesterfield, and Scunthorpe, all of which were Football League clubs at the time. His groundbreaking achievements will be highlighted in the upcoming documentary, "Footba

Carlos Yunior Acosta Quesada CBE (born 2 June 1973) is a Cuban-British ballet director and retired dancer who is director of the Birmingham Royal Ballet. He danced with many companies including the English National Ballet, National Ballet of Cuba, Houston Ballet and American Ballet Theatre. He was a permanent member of The Royal Ballet from 1998 to 2015.

Lloyd Lindbergh "Lindy" Delapenha (5 May 1927 – 26 January 2017) was a Jamaican footballer and sports journalist. He was the first Jamaican to play professional football in England. Between 1948 and 1960, he played league football for Portsmouth, Middlesbrough and Mansfield Town. Despite limited appearances for Portsmouth in the 1948/1949 and 1949/1950 seasons, he nevertheless played a part in the club’s two title-winning sides and with it became the first black player to

Franklyn DaCosta Stephenson (born 8 April 1959) is a former cricketer from Barbados who played as a right handed batsman and pacer. Stephenson played as an allrounder for his native Barbados together with Tasmania, Orange Free State, Gloucestershire, Nottinghamshire and Sussex in his cricketing career. As an aggressive middle-order batsman and genuinely quick pacer, he was also known for being one of the greatest exponents of the slower ball.

Joan Jeanetta Baptiste (born 12 October 1959) is a former British sprinter who competed mainly in the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4 x 100 metres relay. She won a silver medal at the inaugural World Championships in 1983 in the 4 × 100 m relay and competed in the 200 metres at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Baptiste was born in St. Vincent and was a member of the Wolverhampton & Bilston Athletics Club

Noel Wallace, (b.1972), a multi-talented artist hailing from Bow, East London, was fortunate enough to have his foster parent, Debbie Holme, recognise his exceptional dance abilities. Despite the prevailing pressure for Black students at ArtsEd to pursue musical theatre instead of ballet, Noel Wallace's unwavering passion for ballet led him to excel in his craft.

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.