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Two Tone Britain

Two Tone Britain

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Two Tone Britain

2004

0h 49m

4.9(4 votes)

Documentary

Overview

Documentary tracing the history of the Two Tone record label which emerged in the late 1970s, the bands linked to it and their musical influences, and its place at the fore of promoting multi-cultural music and concepts and the Ska music revival.

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10 featured cast members

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Mark Lamarr

Narrator

Pauline Black

Pauline Black

Herself

Gurinder Chadha

Gurinder Chadha

Herself

Rajan Datar

Himself

Suggs

Suggs

Himself

Neville Staple

Neville Staple

Himself

JC Carroll

Himself

Garry Bushell

Himself

Roger Charlery

Himself

Paul Gilroy

Himself

Creative team

Directed by: Jason Collier

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