Fable (TV series)
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Fable is a British
United Kingdom
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 television
Television
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 series shown in 1965 based in a parallel Britain in which the ruling class consists of black people, and white people are the social underdogs - a reversal of the actual situation at the time. The show's original debut was postponed by the BBC
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, supposedly to avoid influencing an election.

The show was a precursor for movies like White Man's Burden
White Man's Burden (film)
White Man's Burden is a 1995 dramatic film about racism in an alternative America where black and white Americans have reversed cultural roles....

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