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David Olusoga investigates the conditions that many families in Liverpool were living in during the sixties.

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62 Falkner Street | A House Through Time

BBC Two | 2018 | 3'14''

David Olusoga goes through the history of the 180 years and 132 residents of 62 Falkner Street in Liverpool.

Liverpool in the sixties | A House Through Time

BBC Two | 2018 | 3'38''

David Olusoga explores the boom in art, music and culture in Liverpool during the swinging sixties.

S1E4 | A House Through Time

BBC Two | 2018 | 58'58''

The story of those who lived in one house, from the time it was built until now. David Olusoga traces the history of the house in Liverpool from ...

The AIDs epidemic in Liverpool | A House Through Time

BBC Two | 2018 | 3'06''

In the 80's and 90's Liverpool's gay community was in the grips of the AIDs epidemic.

The Toxteth Riots | A House Through Time

BBC Two | 2018 | 5'43''

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

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BBC Two | 2023 | 59'33''

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The Unwanted: The Secret Windrush Files

BBC Two | 2019 | 58'55''

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6: First Contact | Civilisations

BBC Two | 2018 | 59'07''

David Olusoga shows how art was always on the frontline when distant cultures met.

Kitchener and British Empire Historiography | A Timewatch Guide

BBC Four | 2017 | 3'35''

David Olusoga explains how perceptions of empire have shifted throughout different generations.

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

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

French troops from Sub-Saharan West Africa | The World's War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire

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