The cultural influence of migrants
- Ukranian refugee Lew Grade created legendary television shows such as The Saint, Thunderbirds and The Muppet Show.
- Kazuo Ishiguro (Japan) is the author of the Booker Prize-winning The Remains of the Day (1989), which was made into a successful film starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson.
- The first black TV news anchorman in the UK, Trinidad-born Trevor MacDonald has received both an OBE and a knighthood and is one of the most well-known media personalities in Britain today.
- Filmmaker Gurinder Chadha of Bhaji on the Beach and Bend it Like Beckham fame was born in Kenya to Indian parents.
- In 2001 an OBE was granted to prolific poet, playwright and novelist Ben Okri (Nigeria).
- Anish Kapoor (India) is a leading sculptor in Britain who exhibited a giant piece called Marsyas in the Turbine Hall at the Tate Modern in 2002.