Dreaming Whilst Black. Kwabena (Adjani Salmon). Credit: BBC, Big Deal Films
Dreaming Whilst Black

Dreaming Whilst Black

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC Three
  • 2021 - 2023
  • 7 episodes (1 series)

Comedy adapted from the original YouTube series of the same name. Stars Adjani Salmon, Dani Moseley, babirye bukilwa, Rachel Adedeji, Demmy Ladipo and more.

  • Due to return for Series 2

Episode menu

Series 1, Episode 2 - The Reality

Dreaming Whilst Black. Image shows left to right: Aunty Lola (Kemi Lofinmakin), Kwabena (Adjani Salmon). Credit: BBC, Big Deal Films
Kwabena moonlights as a food delivery driver to finance his film, but feels his new job makes him beneath Vanessa, so he struggles to keep it a secret. Things start to look up when he is hired by Funmi to film her eccentric aunt's 60th birthday party, and gets an intriguing tip from an old film school friend. Amy pushes for a promotion at work, and Maurice is anxious about fatherhood.

Further details

In a bid to raise funds for his film, Jamaica Road, Kwabena struggles to balance moonlighting as a food delivery driver. His romance with Vanessa continues to grow stronger (despite their differing film tastes) but Kwabena can't help but feel a little inadequate in comparison to his new girl, a high-flying accountant with a taste for the finer things in life, so much so he ends up keeping his delivery job a secret from her.

Funmi sets Kwabena up with a cushy gig filming her eccentric Aunt Lola's 60th birthday party, and she agrees to pay him the funding he needs for his short film in return for his services and so long as he meets her specific requirements. Can Kwabs pull it off and finally get his film funded?

Later on, Kwabena hears from William, an old film school friend who sits on the panel of a diversity-in-film programme and encourages him to apply.

Elsewhere, Amy is pushing for a promotion at work, but finds her prior experience in Nigeria is not taken seriously by her colleagues, specifically her boss.

At home, Maurice is increasingly anxious about the arrival of his first child, obsessively reading pregnancy books which result in him frustrating his heavily pregnant wife, Funmi, with his fussing and overprotection.

Broadcast details

Date
Monday 24th July 2023
Time
10:30pm
Channel
BBC Three
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Tuesday 25th July 2023 12:55am BBC3
Tuesday 25th July 2023 3:20am BBC3
Wednesday 26th July 2023 12:00am BBC3
Wednesday 26th July 2023 11:10pm BBC1
Thursday 27th July 2023 12:10am BBC1 Wales
Thursday 27th July 2023 1:10am BBC3
Thursday 27th July 2023 11:55pm BBC3
Saturday 29th July 2023 10:55pm BBC3
Saturday 12th August 2023 11:25pm BBC3
Monday 18th December 2023 12:00am BBC3
Wednesday 31st January 2024 3:20am BBC3
Friday 2nd February 2024 10:30pm BBC3

Catch-up

Cast & crew

Cast
Adjani Salmon Kwabena
Dani Moseley Amy
babirye bukilwa Vanessa
Rachel Adedeji Funmi
Demmy Ladipo Maurice
Akemnji Ndifornyen William
Jo Martin Grace
Roger Griffiths Uncle Claude
Martina Laird Aunt Polly
Kemi Lofinmakin (as Kemi Adekoya Lofinmakin) Aunty Lola
Daniel Ogbeide-John Dorvin
Muna Otaru Stephanie
Will Hislop Lewis
Peter Serafinowicz Howard
Lydia Rose Bewley Suzy
Guest cast
Adrian Daniel Blake Irv
Phillip Langhorne (as Phill Langhorne) Danny (Exec)
Trevor A. Toussaint Freddie
Ray Adedeji Ola
Funmi Lawa Lola's Screening Guest
Daniel Iyeoluwa Lola's Screening Guest
Writing team
Adjani Salmon Writer
Ali Hughes Writer
Akemnji Ndifornyen Writer (Additional Material)
Ola Labib Writer (Additional Material)
Alexander Owen Writer (Additional Material)
Leon Mayne Script Editor
Stephanie Yamson Story Consultant
Production team
Koby Adom Director
Nicola Gregory Producer
Adjani Salmon Executive Producer
Thomas Stogdon Executive Producer
Dhanny Joshi Executive Producer
Lara Dorée Line Producer
Ramit Anchal Post Producer
Ashley White (as Ash White) Editor
Angel Parmar Production Designer
Heather Basten Casting Director
Jodie-Simone Howe Costume Designer
Nathalie Pitters Director of Photography
Cynthia De La Rosa Make-up Designer
Adem Ilhan Composer
Katie Forrest Graphics
Porl Matthews Graphics
Gideon Cudjoe Graphics
Malinda Kaur 1st Assistant Director
Tanya Qureshi Commissioning Editor

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