Una Marson and the Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Caribbean Service
Broadcaster Sir Trevor McDonald reflects on the Â鶹ÊÓƵAV's first black producer, Una Marson, and her legacy in the development of the Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Caribbean Service.
To mark the 90th anniversary of the Â鶹ÊÓƵAV World Service, we trace the development of the Caribbean Service.
Its beginnings go back to the early 1940s when the Â鶹ÊÓƵAV’s first black producer, Una Marson was employed.
She created Caribbean Voices, which gave future Nobel laureates such as Derek Walcott their first international platform.
In 1969, one of the UK’s best known newsreaders, Sir Trevor McDonald, left Trinidad to join the Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Caribbean Service as a producer.
He reflects on its legacy. Produced and presented by Josephine McDermott.
Archive recording of West Indies Calling from 1943, is used courtesy of the Imperial War Museum. Una Marson's poem Black Burden is used courtesy of Peepal Tree Press and the Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Caribbean Service archive material was provided by the Alma Jordan Library, The University of the West Indies.
(Photo: Sir Trevor McDonald and Una Marson. Credit: Â鶹ÊÓƵAV)
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