Xpress (TV series)
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XPRESS the award winning multi cultural entertainment series returned for a second season beginning Friday 31 March 1995, 2.50pm Central region, featuring everything from comedy to cookery and fashion to funk.
During the seven weeks, the show highlighted some of the best known names in entertainment, including top R & B star Aaliyah filmed in Amsterdam, Gladiator Nightshade - alias Olympic athlete Judy Simpson - chart topping stars China Black, Pato Banton, Apache Indian, Ranking Roger from ska band The Beat, Prince's backing band New Power Generation and soul music legend Edwin Starr.
The second series of XPRESS aimed to combine a sense of humour with stories filmed in some of the most picturesque parts of the area - as well as highlighting many rising stars from the region.
In the first programme, Tamla Motown soul legend Edwin Starr revealed how he was still recording at the age of fifty three and gave a guided tour of his baronial castle in Warwickshire.
Britain's answer to the late Kung Fu king Bruce Lee - Pervez Hussain showed what it takes to be a martial arts hero and Thai chefs Henry Loui and Henri Chau, from Birmingham's Chinatown, rustle up a delicious meal in just fifteen minutes.
Also featured is Theresa of Joy Brides in Birmingham, who claims to make the fastest wedding dress in town, and flamboyant 70's star Ty Rone starts his weekly check on the latest music videos in Video Slam. Says producer and director Pogus Caesar "We'll be taking a positive look at the ways different cultures Xpress themselves in Britain today."
XPRESS is produced and directed by Pogus Caesar and is a Windrush Productions for Carlton Television and a Central Independent Television programme.
In 1995, Pogus Caesar was awarded the Certificate of Honour from the Prix Circom Regionale for the first episode of the first series of XPRESS, in recognition of the exemplary professional work in regional television.
The first series of XPRESS was transmitted by Central Independent Television in 1994.
