Editing Benjamin Zephaniah (section)

==Acting and media appearances ==

Zephaniah made minor appearances in several television programmes in the 1980s and 1990s, including
''[[The Comic Strip Presents...]]'' (1988), ''[[EastEnders]]'' (1993), ''[[The Bill]]'' (1994),  and ''Crucial Tales'' (1996).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Benjamin Zephaniah|url=https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch?role=nm0954981&job_type=actor|access-date=28 April 2021|website=IMDb|language=en|archive-date=15 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215142842/https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?role=nm0954981&job_type=actor|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1990, he appeared in the film ''[[Farendj]]'', directed by [[Sabine Prenczina]] and starring [[Tim Roth]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Prenczina|first=Sabine|title=Farendj|date=27 March 1991|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099547/|type=Drama|others=Tim Roth, Marie Matheron, Matthias Habich, Joe Sheridan|publisher=River Films, Sofica Lumière, Trimark Entertainment|access-date=28 April 2021|archive-date=9 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509185303/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099547/|url-status=live}}</ref>

He was the "castaway" on the 8 June 1997 episode of the [[BBC Radio 4]] programme ''[[Desert Island Discs]]'', where his chosen book was the ''Poetical Works of [[Percy Bysshe Shelley|Shelley]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Benjamin Zephaniah |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0094495 |publisher=BBC |access-date=9 December 2023 |archive-date=4 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231104005437/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0094495 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2005, [[BBC One]] broadcast a television documentary about his life, ''[[A Picture of Birmingham, by Benjamin Zephaniah]]'', which was repeated by [[BBC Two]] on 7 December 2023.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=BBC One – A Picture of Birmingham, by Benjamin Zephaniah |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001bmc0 |access-date=7 December 2023 |website=BBC |archive-date=30 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830231340/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001bmc0 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In December 2012, he was guest editor of an episode of the BBC Radio 4 programme ''[[Today (BBC Radio 4)|Today]]'', for which he commissioned a "good news bulletin".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9781000/9781345.stm|title=Today: Monday 31st December|website=BBC Radio 4 {{!}} Today|date=31 December 2012|access-date=13 December 2023|archive-date=13 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213081248/http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9781000/9781345.stm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0gy84bf|title=Today Advent Calendar: 8th December|website=BBC Radio 4|date=8 December 2023|access-date=13 December 2023|archive-date=13 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213081249/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0gy84bf|url-status=live}}</ref>

Between 2013 and 2022, Zephaniah played the role of preacher Jeremiah "Jimmy" Jesus in BBC television drama ''[[Peaky Blinders (TV series)|Peaky Blinders]]'', appearing in 14 episodes across the six series.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Layton|first=Josh|date=7 January 2018|title=Peaky Blinders actor on the real-life character behind TV role|url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showbiz-tv/benjamin-zephaniah-real-life-story-14117395|access-date=28 April 2021|website=BirminghamLive|archive-date=15 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215142841/https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showbiz-tv/benjamin-zephaniah-real-life-story-14117395|url-status=live}}</ref> 

In 2020, he appeared as a panellist on the BBC television comedy quiz show ''[[QI]]'', on the episode "Roaming".<ref name="Roaming">{{Cite episode |title=Roaming |series=QI |series-link=QI |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000s5xr |access-date=11 November 2021 |network=[[BBC Television]] |date= |season= |series-no=R |number=11 |transcript= |transcript-url= |archive-date=11 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111211129/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000s5xr |url-status=live }}</ref>