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Local History Month with the Historical Association

May is Local History Month. Melanie Jones from the Historical Association explains why it's a time to celebrate our local heritage and a perfect opportunity to get out and discover ...

The Battle of Ashdown | King Alfred and the Anglo Saxons

Michael Wood discusses the circumstances of the Battle of Ashdown.

Number 10 Guinea Street in Bristol | A House Through Time

David Olusoga begins his investigation into the history of number 10 Guinea street in Bristol.

The Cambridge Inquest | Domesday

Dr Stephen Baxter investigates one of the inquests that took place for the Domesday Book.

Red Clydeside | Blitz: The Bombs That Changed Britain

The socialist history of the workers in Clydeside industry.

Edward I's conquests in Wales | A History of Britain by Simon Schama

Simon Schama discusses Edward I's conquests in Wales.

The Pendle Swindle | The Pendle Witch Child

Simon Armitage describes one of the more famous witch trials of its time in Pendle.

Lancashire cotton famine | Black and British: A Forgotten History

David Olusoga explains how the American civil war caused a cotton famine in Lancashire.

The Toxteth Riots | A House Through Time

In July 1981 riots broke out in Liverpool, following longstanding tensions between police and the black community. David Olusoga inv...

The Liverpool Blitz | A House Through Time

David Olusoga investigates the devastating impact of the Blitz on Liverpool.

John Blanke | Black and British: A Forgotten History

David Olusoga discusses Catherine of Aragon's black servants.

The South Hallsville School Disaster | Blitz: The Bombs That Changed Britain

On the 9th of September 1940 a bomb hit South Hallsville School, which was being used as a rest ...

Child labour during the Victorian era | Horrible Histories

In this humorous advertisement for injuries caused in the workplace we discover just what jobs some Victorian chil...

Black History Month Special with Oti Mabuse | Horrible Histories

Oti Mabuse presents a series of sketches from Horrible Histories to commemorate Black History Month.

The Vikings - Literally (Song) | Horrible Histories

The Vikings tore up England in the 700s, literally!

Crafty Cleopatra (Song) | Horrible Histories

Egyptian Queen Cleopatra tries to sing away her troubles in this song.

The Grisly Great Fire of London (Song) | Horrible Histories

Check out Christopher Wren and special guests getting into the boyband groove after The Great Fire of London.

Fawkes' 13 | Horrible Histories

This Bonfire Night, watch as Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators embark on a devilish plot to blow up Parliament.

When American G.I.s came to Britain (Song) | Horrible Histories

When America joined our side in the war and their soldiers started arriving in Britain in 1942, they brought ...

Tricky Queen Vicky (Song) | Horrible Histories

Queen Victoria gets down, Bollywood style.

The Suffragettes' (Song) | Horrible Histories

Emily Pankhurst and Millicent Fawcett sing about their involvement in getting the right to vote for women.

Arriving at Auschwitz | Auschwitz Untold: In Colour

Footage from Auschwitz has been changed into colour using digital techniques. Survivors talk about their arrival at the c...

Life and Death at Auschwitz | Auschwitz Untold: In Colour

Footage from Auschwitz has been changed into colour using digital techniques. Survivors talk about their experienc...

Rows of Five | Auschwitz Untold: In Colour

Footage from Auschwitz has been changed into colour using digital techniques. Survivors talk about how prisoners were sorted and c...

Bernhard's story | My Family, The Holocaust and Me

The story of Bernhard, a young Jewish man from Frankfurt, who died at Dachau concentration camp in 1942.

Frankfurt's Jewish community | My Family, The Holocaust and Me

A historian talks about how life changed for Frankfurt's Jewish community after Hitler came to power.

The aftermath of Kristallnacht | My Family, The Holocaust and Me

Psychologist Bernie Graham finds out what happened to his grandparents in Frankfurt after the Kristallnacht ...

Auschwitz | Nazis: A Warning from History

A first person account of Auschwitz concentration camp.

Disability in Nazi Germany | Nazis: A Warning from History

The development of Nazi policies of killing children born with disabilities.

Forced labour | Nazis: A Warning from History

Racist ideologies that projected German's as the master race relied on forced labour from people they considered to be 'inferio...

Jewish ghettos in Poland | Nazis: A Warning from History

First person accounts of the Jewish ghettos in German-occupied Poland.

The Jewish Question | Nazis: A Warning from History

The steps taken by the Nazis to evacuate and exterminate Jewish people in Western Europe.

The Night of the Broken Glass | Nazis: A Warning from History

Kristallnacht or The Night of the Broken Glass took place in November 1938, in which SA paramilitary forces and...

Treblinka | Nazis: A Warning from History

The remains of Treblinka extermination camp.

Auschwitz | The Last Survivors

Holocaust survivors talk about their memories of Auschwitz.

Maurice's story | The Last Survivors

The sculptor Maurice Blik tells the story of his younger sister who died in Belsen concentration camp. Contains upsetting images.

Memories of Dachau | The Last Survivors

A Holocaust survivor living in Britain talks about his time in Dachau and how the experience affected his life.

School photo | The Last Survivors

A Holocaust survivor from Prague talks about the classmates in his school photo whose stories he has spent years tracing.

Stories of survival | The Last Survivors

Holocaust survivors tell the stories of how they survived the Holocaust.

Rinder's Family in Poland | Who Do You Think You Are?

Robert Rinder visits the first ghetto in Nazi occupied Europe.

Schlieben Camp | Who Do You Think You Are?

Robert Rinder visits the Nazi Schlieben Camp and discusses the conditions of life there.

Camp Westerbork | My Family, The Holocaust and Me

Two sisters visit Westerbork concentration camp to find out what happened to their great-aunt.

A Jewish family in Vichy France | My Family, The Holocaust and Me

The daughter of a Holocaust survivor meets a man whose family sheltered her mother during round ups of Jews...

Divenishok's Jewish community | My Family, The Holocaust and Me

Robert Rinder learns about his family's life before and during the Second World War in the Lithuanian town of...

Elsa's story | My Family, The Holocaust and Me

The story of Elsa, a Dutch Jewish dancer, who was arrested during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.

The last survivor of Treblinka | My Family, The Holocaust and Me

Robert Rinder meets Leon Rytz, the last surviving prisoner at Treblinka extermination camp.

Treblinka extermination camp | My Family, The Holocaust and Me

Robert Rinder visits Treblinka extermination camp and hears about the last moments of Jews who were killed there.

The Path Towards Auschwitz | Auschwitz Untold: In Colour

Footage from Auschwitz has been changed into colour using digital techniques. In this clip, a brief outlining of th...

The Voranava Massacre | My Family, The Holocaust and Me

Robert Rinder visits Voranava in Belarus, the site of a massacre where thousands of Jews, including his own family, w...

Neil Kenlock - Photographing the black British experience | Black and British: A Forgotten History

David Olusoga talks to Neil Kenlock about his photographs of the experienc...

People of talent, people of vision, people of passion | Black Is the New Black

Inspirational Black Britons describe what it is like to be Black and British today.

Black History Month Special with Oti Mabuse | Horrible Histories

Oti Mabuse presents a series of sketches from Horrible Histories to commemorate Black History Month.

The Windrush Generation | Black and British: A Forgotten History

David Olusoga discusses the Windrush Generation.

Windrush Generation Artists | Whoever Heard of a Black Artist? Britain's Hidden Art History

The first black artists who were to find success were part of the Windrush Genera...

First generation | Black and Scottish

The first black professor in Scotland talks about his heritage.

Charles Wootton | Black and British: A Forgotten History

David Olusoga discusses racial violence in Liverpool.

4: Vernon Samuels | Black British Stories

Amelia meets Vernon, whose dad was the first black bus driver in Bristol after the success of the Bristol bus boycott.

The Toxteth Riots | A House Through Time

In July 1981 riots broke out in Liverpool, following longstanding tensions between police and the black community. David Olusoga inv...

Martin Luther King and Malcolm X | Arena

A conversation between Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, exposing their different approaches to Civil Rights.

Typical accommodation for an immigrant black family in 1940s Britain | Back in Time for Brixton

The Irwins experience what accommodation was like for immigrant black familie...

The beginnings of the British slave trade | Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners

David Olusoga investigates the beginnings of the British slave trade in Barbados.

The end of the slave trade in Bristol | A House Through Time

David Olusoga investigates the end of the slave trade in Bristol.