Empire’s Child: Broadcaster Charlene White’s Journey

Empire’s Child follows award-winning journalist and broadcaster Charlene White on her deeply personal journey looking at her family connection to the British Empire, how it’s shaped her family’s lives and asks what it is to be Black and British. Charlene White: Empire’s Child is a Doc Hearts Production for ITV and takes Charlene around Britain and Jamaica.

We’re joined by Charlene White and some of the Doc Hearts team including Anna Manton, producer/director Rachael McLean Anderson, production manager, Jacqueline Springer, researcher and Lizzy Elton, assistant producer, to hear about their journey of the show from idea and commission to production, bringing the White family together as contributors and what made them say yes and hearing about Charlene’s experience of looking back at their family history. 

Charlene White is an award-winning journalist and broadcaster. At ITV, she is lead presenter of ITV News London and a regular anchor of the flagship…