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By Ian Youngs
image captionFloella Benjamin was made a dame last year
Children s TV legend Dame Floella Benjamin has said she s thrilled that a new stage musical is to tell the story of her arrival in 1960s Britain.
Coming To England is based on her 1997 book about her journey from Trinidad and how she overcame the racism she encountered when she arrived.
It is being adapted by David Wood, one of her former co-presenters on classic children s TV show Play Away. It s about overcoming adversity, this story, and it s uplifting, she said.
Dame Floella moved to England with her family in 1960 at the age of 10, but was met by hostility and prejudice from classmates and neighbours.
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