Baroness Floella Benjamin

My beloved Marmie would have been 99 years old today. She was an Earth Mother who inspired her children and everyone who met her to excel. I adored her and today I found a white feather so I know she is still guiding me ❤️❤️

YouTube video by Nigelclarketv Black British History Icon - Floella Benjamin (Born 1949)

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Just discovered this lovely video about me by a young man called Nigel Clarke celebrating Black History Month

It was great to celebrate on @BBCMorningLive my return after 49yrs being a special guest on @BBC Children’s tv in @CBeebiesHouse ‘Time to Play’. I so love working for children just like I did for my #Playschool Babies ❤️

Just adore this creative portrait done of me to celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth.

I had the most incredible time at the Women of the Year Lunch Awards celebrating with a room full of diverse inspirational women ❤️

Time to play! Baroness Floella Benjamin returns to BBC Children’s and Education Saturday 27 September marks exactly 49 years to the day that Floella Benjamin first appeared on the BBC

It’s absolutely amazing to be taking today’s children and their parents many of whom are my #Playschool Babies to a world of fun and play on @CBeebies Time to play! @BBC Children’s and Education www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

Thank you all for the beautiful special birthday wishes especially from my #Playschool Babies who remember the unconditional love and joy I shared with them❤️

Hooray 76 today and feeling truly blessed and loved. Happy birthday to everyone born on this day too❤️

'Outstanding': Baroness Benjamin reviews 'Every Brilliant Thing' With its novel approach to audience participation, allow yourself to be drawn in by this uplifting play and its moving portrayal of a child’s attem...

Every Brilliant Thing is well worth seeing. Here’s my review about it. Lenny was amazing ❤️ www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

Thank ITV for a wonderful evening celebrating your 70th anniversary and for giving me my first drama role on television way back in 1974 ❤️ Keep on making a difference and here’s to continued success in the future ❤️❤️

Thought for the day: ‘This world can sometimes be cruel. So don’t be upset about what others say or think of you as long as you know that you have a good heart and do the right thing and have confidence in yourself’. Sharing virtual hugs full of love❤️

Loved listening to the talented and resilient MaggieAlphonsi on #DesertIslandDiscs with the wonderful laurenlaverne What a great advocate for women’s sports and rugby ❤️

Had the most wonderful theatrical experience seeing the fantastic LennyHenry in #EveryBrilliantThing. A must see show ❤️

My talented dad would have been 99yrs old today.He carried on playing his tenor saxophone right up until he died. He has left great memories behind, one was that in the 60’s the newly formed Rolling Stones was the support act to a band he played in. He was my hero ❤️

So happy for young #michelleagyemang and her family for her incredible achievement. What an inspiration she is #Euro2025

#HannahHampton should get all the credit for making sure England’s #Lionesses won #Euro2025 competition she made some brilliant saves ❤️

Oh my goodness #ChloeKelly brought it home again. What a superb win for the #Lionessess. Well done to this resilient team who have made the country proud. So happy. We need a Bank Holiday to celebrate ❤️❤️#NeverGiveUp #Euro2025

Josh Babarinde would be a brilliant President of the Lib Dem Party as he is all embracing and passionate about making a difference for all

I have tears in my eyes having heard the news that Sky Kids will no longer be commissioning Kids media content. Why can’t people understand the importance of providing quality UK made relevant content for kids, cos childhood lasts a lifetime 🥲

Great to see #ArthurAshe’s family in the #RoyalBox at Wimbledon today to celebrate Arthur winning the Men’s Final 50yrs ago. I vividly remember his historic victory ❤️

Thought of the day, ‘True freedom isn’t the right to do as you please but the liberty to do as you should for the sake of good and to take care of this magnificent planet that has been created for us’ ❤️

Had the most amazing time at Wimbledon yesterday in the Royal Box watching some brilliant #tennis. My beloved mum would have been so happy for her daughter as that was something she wished for me to experience. Thank you Wimbledon for making her dream come true ❤️

Visited Waterloo Station yesterday and as I stood by the National Windrush Monument schoolchildren surrounded me and told me were studying my book Coming to England and knew all about the #Windrush Monument ❤️

So wonderful to give the keynote speech at the Mary Seacole Trust celebration at StThomas’s Hospital What an inspirational woman she was ❤️

Had the most glorious time at Royal Ascot❤️

What a joy it was to open the library named after me at Churchfields Primary School in Beckenham, just two streets away from where I was brought up ❤️#ComingToEngland

Happy #FathersDay  to dads everywhere. Inspire your kids to have lasting memories and adventures. My dad was a hero and opened my mind to the musical world. Here I am singing with his band nearly 60yrs ago.He introduced me to an amazing world which helped make me who I am today ❤️

Thrilled to be joining CBeebies House as a guest presenter. It will be like being on #Playschool again. It’s going to be so wonderfully exciting and adventurous creating home-grown, educational and inspirational children’s content for a whole new generation.❤️❤️

Hyperinsulinism Awareness Day is all about sharing the hopes and aims of people living with HI, their families, the rare disease community, and those we work alongside. It’s a day to raise voices, celebrate, and look ahead together.
#AimHIforHyperinsulinism #AimHITogether #ThinkHyperinsulinism

I love this picture at the #CannesFilmFestival in 1977 when I starred in Black Joy alongside the great Norman Beaton. It was the first time there anyone had worn their hair in plaits and beads❤️