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Alex Westthorp Sep 14, 2016

Did fantasy dramas Chocky, The Box Of Delights and Dramarama leave an impression on you as a kid? Revisit those nightmares here...

Spooky, always magical and occasionally downright scary dramas are the bedrock of kids' television. For me, the pinnacle of this sort of programme was reached in the 1980s. The decade saw a new approach to both traditional and contemporary drama by both UK broadcasters: ITV committed itself to regular seasons of children's plays with Dramarama (1983-89), a kind of youth version of the venerable BBC Play For Today (1970-84), which saw the 1988 television debut of one David Tennant. The BBC, building upon an impressive body of work from the early 70s onwards, produced some of its very best family drama in this era, embracing cutting edge technology to bring treats like The Box Of Delights (1984) and The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe (1988) to the screen.

Premium entertainment network Epix has announced that "Forgotten Four: The Integration of Pro Football," an Epix Original Documentary, will make its World Premiere [tonight] Tuesday, September 23, 2014, at 8Pm Et. The 60-minute documentary, narrated by Jeffrey Wright and produced by Ross Greenburg, tells the little-known story of 4 outstanding and brave African American men – Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, Marion Motley and Bill Willis – who broke the color barrier in pro football in 1946, one year before Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey were credited with integrating Major League Baseball. Epix has joined forces with the National Football League to celebrate the...

One year before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball, four African-American athletes ended a 13-year whites-only policy in professional football. But their stories have remained largely unknown, until now. The new Epix documentary Forgotten Four shows how Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, Marion Motley and Bill Willis re-integrated professional football in 1946. While professional football was integrated in the early 20th century, in 1933 an agreement was made at the NFL owners meeting not to sign African-American athletes, historians and sports journalists explain in the documentary. But after World War II, a

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On Tuesday evening, Epix and the St. Louis Rams hosted a special advance screening of the upcoming Epix Original Documentary Forgotten Four: The Integration of Pro Football. This original documentary from Emmy award winning producer Ross Greenburg, chronicles the story of the four African-American athletes — Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, Marion Motley and Bill Willis – who are credited with breaking the color barrier in professional football in 1946, one year before Jackie Robinson.

The special screening took place at the Wehrenberg Galaxy Theatre. There was also a post-screening panel discussion with St. Louis Rams alumni including Brandon Williams and Derek Stanley and St. Louis Post-Dispatch Columnist Bryan Burwell.

Photos by Jeff Curry

An original documentary, Epix’s Forgotten Four: The Integration of Pro Football will make its World Premiere on Tuesday, September 23, 2014, at 8Pm Et.

The 60-minute documentary, narrated by Tony Award winner Jeffrey Wright and produced by 52 time Emmy award winner Ross Greenburg,...

Premium entertainment network Epix has announced that "Forgotten Four: The Integration of Pro Football," an Epix Original Documentary, will make its World Premiere on Tuesday, September 23, 2014, at 8Pm Et. The 60-minute documentary, narrated by Jeffrey Wright and produced by Ross Greenburg, tells the little-known story of 4 outstanding and brave African American men – Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, Marion Motley and Bill Willis – who broke the color barrier in pro football in 1946, one year before Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey were credited with integrating Major League Baseball. Epix has joined forces with the National Football League to celebrate the achievements...