Benjamin Zephaniah
Writer • Poet • Actor
Birth Date: April 12, 1958
Death Date: December 7, 2023 — 65 years old
Birth Place: Handsworth, Birmingham, England, UK
Benjamin Zephaniah was an English writer who appeared in "Peaky Blinders," "Paa Joe & The Lion," and "Farendj."
Credits
The Veganuary Story
Self
Show
2024
Peaky Blinders: Rambert's The Redemption of Thomas Shelby
Narrator
Show
2024
Percy Shelley, Reformer and Radical
Host
Show
2022
Standing Firm: Football's Windrush Story
Host
Show
2021
Landmark
Guest
Show
2021
Songs To Live By
Host
Show
2021
Songs To Live By
Writer
Show
2021
Melvyn Bragg: The Extended Interview
Guest
Show
2020
Life & Rhymes
Host
Show
2020
Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World
Self
Movie
2020
The Big Narstie Show
Actor
Show
2018
Treasures of the British Library
Guest
Show
2016
Eisteddfod 2015
Host
Show
2015
Private View
Guest
Show
2014
The South Bank Show
Guest
Show
2014
Ugly Lovely Swansea: A Poet on the Estate
Host
Show
2014
Portrait Artist of the Year
Guest
Show
2013
Peaky BlindersStream
Actor
Series
2013
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Guest Star
Show
2011
QI XL
Guest
Show
2011
Pointless Celebrities
Contestant
Show
2010
The One Show
Guest
Show
2006
The One Show
Self
Show
2006
A Picture of Birmingham, by Benjamin Zephaniah
Host
Show
2005
A Picture of Birmingham, by Benjamin Zephaniah
Writer
Show
2005
QIStream
Guest
Game Show
2003
Craig Charles
Guest
Show
2003
Self Portrait UK
Self
Show
2002
Poetry Please
Guest
Show
2002
ScreenPlay: Dead Poets Society
Self
Show
1992
Classic EastEnders
Actor
Derelict Man
Show
1985
EastEndersStream
Actor
Derelict Man
Soap
1985
The Bill
Actor
Vagrant
Show
1984
The Comic Strip Presents
Actor
Show
1982
Question Time
Guest
Show
1979
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