EXCLUSIVE:Benjamin Zephaniahs memoirLife and Rhymesis being developed into a TV series byBaby CowandTimewasterscreator Daniel Lawrence Taylor.
You cant get more unconventional than Benjamin Zephaniah, she said.
Benjamins story has a lot to say about Black male identity through the decades.
Benjamin Zephaniah (left) and Daniel Lawrence TaylorDavid M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images / Tom Jenkins / Mike Marsland/WireImage
The as-yet-untitled TV series will say something about the nature of debate in our country, explained Monteith.
We have a very polarized, divided nation and are struggling to come together, she said.
Both Thatcher and Zephaniah do that in very different ways.
Sarah Monteith. Image: Baby Cow
We like to push the envelope and be provocative and the best British content works on those levels.
