Groundbreaking black British playwright to be honoured with blue plaque

Michael Abbensetts was first black British playwright commissioned to write drama series for UK television

The first black British playwright to be commissioned to write a television drama series in the UK is to be honoured with a blue plaque at his former London home.

Michael Abbensetts, who was born in Guyana in 1938 and settled in Britain in 1963, was one of the first black playwrights and screenwriters to give black British actors a voice on British TV in a series that represented the lived experiences of black people in the UK.