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2 unusual facts about Dudley Zoo


Berthold Lubetkin

Dudley Zoo consisted of twelve animal enclosures and was a unique example of early Modernism in the UK.

Richard Billingham

In late 2006, Billingham exhibited a major new series of photographs and videos inspired by his memories of visiting Dudley Zoo as a child.



see also

Lenny Henry in Pieces

The second series introduced new characters including Blaxploitation Pope, who is Lucius T. Kool III, a ghetto brother and leader of the Catholic Church; President Umbukele, who is an expert in diplomacy and acquiring foreign aid, but then spends it all on silly things; bad influence Granddad; and a family of animated polar bears with Brummie accents, who live at Dudley zoo.