“…Concerns about the 'whiteness' and negative portrayals of immigrants on British television programmes during the 1960s and 1970s led to initiatives -such as BBC conferences in 1965 -to deal with racial tensions and conflicts relating to Afro-Caribbean and Asian immigrants, as well as fostering integration and promoting a better representation of immigrants (Waters, 2015). The BFI (British Film Institute) 'Race and the Sitcom' provides an historic potted history of British televisual depictions of race from the 1960s where stereotypes, racist attitudes, 'browning up' white actors and racist name calling were commonplace (Waters, 2015). These 'Enoch Powell sitcoms' (Schaffer, 2010) included: 'Till Death Us Do Part' (BBC, 1965-75), 'Curry and Chips' (ITV, 1969), 'The Melting Pot' (BBC, 1975), 'Love Thy Neighbour' (ITV 1972-76), 'It Ain't Half Hot, Mum' (BBC, 1974-81), 'Dad's Army' (BBC, 1968-77) (Duguid, nd).…”