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David Olusoga shows how art was always on the frontline when distant cultures met.
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6: First Contact | Civilisations
Aztec Double Headed Serpent | Civilisations
David Olusoga investigates the history of the Aztec Double Headed Serpent.
Benin Bronzes | Civilisations
David Olusoga visits the Benin Bronzes at the British Museum.
Jan Vermeer | Civilisations
David Olusoga explores Jan Vermeer's life and work, a man who barely ever left the small Dutch city of Delft.
Johan Zoffany | Civilisations
David Olusoga explores Johan Zoffany's work, which portrays a rare moment seen in the art of the time, depicting British traders cavorting with...
Maria Sibylla Merian | Civilisations
David Olusoga considers how Maria Sibylla Merian made use of her move to Amsterdam to promote her detailed naturalist artwork.
Maruyama Okyo | Civilisations
David Olusoga considers how Maruyama Okyo divided the line between Western and Eastern art with his masterpiece, ''Cracked Ice''.
Nanban Screens | Civilisations
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Horrible Histories: The Movie (2019)
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S1E7: Tutankhamun's Tomb | Days That Shook the World
On November 4, 1922, Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun.
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10 Guinea Street | A House Through Time
David Olusoga reflects on the past, present and future of number 10 Guinea Street.
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The 20th century sees partition in Ireland. A sense of national unity emerges in the aftermath of the Second World War, but ...
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In the late 1960s, William Foege was running out of smallpox vaccine in Niger...
The Unwanted: The Secret Windrush Files
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Kitchener and British Empire Historiography | A Timewatch Guide
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Independent slave traders in Britain | Black and British: A Forgotten History
David Olusoga investigates the British independent slave owners.
The beginnings of the British slave trade | Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners
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Indian soldiers in Marseille | The World's War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire
David Olusoga discusses the experiences of the Indian soldiers arriving in Marseille at the begi...
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