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During the second world war communal dining centres were set up to feed the public.
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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.
Bristol Blitz | A House Through Time
Guinea street was targeted in the Bristol Blitz, due to its close proximity to the docks.
S3E4 | A House Through Time
David investigates the house’s history from World War II to the present, discovering tales of mystery and crime, before seeing the house renewed ...
Social housing development | A House Through Time
A new block of social housing is built next to 10 Guinea Street, in space left from the Blitz.
01: 1900s | Further Back in Time for Dinner
The Robshaw family travel back in time to the turn of the 20th century, to discover how the food we ate and the way we ate it hel...
01: Jobs for the Boys | Boys from the Blackstuff
Drama series about life in recession-hit Britain in the Thatcher era. Chrissie, Dixie, Yosser, Loggo and George sign on befo...
01: Retreat | Dunkirk (2004)
The Allies are in retreat, but the Navy can only pick up a few soldiers and Churchill is advised to make peace to save the rest.
01: The Evacuees | Landmarks
Former evacuees reminisce and pupils of St Marks School reinact evacuation day and visit a war memorial, including an explanation of the war's h...
02: 1910s | Further Back in Time for Dinner
The Robshaw family travel back to the 1910s - a decade of feast and famine. Rochelle struggles to feed the family as supplies run...
02: Black Britons 2 | Primary History
The history of black people in Britain, from the abolition of the slave trade to the end of World War II. Education for seven- to 11-ye...
02: Moonlighter | Boys from the Blackstuff
Dixie Dean, working at night in the port as a security guard, is strongarmed into accepting bribes for allowing the removal of goo...
02: The Blitz | Landmarks
In April 1940, the phoney war ended and the real war began. What did the Battle of Britain and the Blitz mean to people at home? St Mark's schoolch...
03: 1920s | Further Back in Time for Dinner
The Robshaws experience a thoroughly modern decade as they enter the 20s. They get a taste of the age's racy reputation as they h...
03: Shop Thy Neighbour | Boys from the Blackstuff
Chrissie and his wife Angie are driven to despair by money problems and hounding by the Department of Employment investigat...
04: 1930s | Further Back in Time for Dinner
The Robshaw family discover a surprising decade of progress and optimism as they journey through the 30s. Their larder is now stu...
04: Sea Change | Empire of the Seas: How the Navy Forged the Modern World
Dan Snow looks at how the 19th-century Navy used gunboat diplomacy to push British interests furthe...
04: Yosser's Story | Boys from the Blackstuff
After his wife leaves him, Yosser Hughes struggles to hold his family together. But with no work and the police and social serv...
05: 1940s | Further Back in Time for Dinner
In their final decade of time travel, the Robshaws enter the 1940s and experience a decade overshadowed by war and entirely fuell...
05: George's Last Ride | Boys from the Blackstuff
After his operation, George Malone walks out of hospital in his pyjamas. Chrissie, Loggo and George's sons return him, but ...
06: Episode 6 | Further Back in Time for Dinner
In the final episode, the family and Debbie reflect on their time travels, discovering that much of what they experienced in ...
1: 1900: Age of Hope | People's Century
At the beginning of the twentieth century the world was stable and certain, but unequal. The Paris Exhibition of 1900 symbolises the ...
1: 1910-1939 | George Alagiah: Mixed Britannia
A history of Britain's mixed-race community. George Alagiah tells how Britain escaped laws preventing interracial marriage and...
1: 1964 | Our Friends in the North
First episode of a 9 part drama charting 30 years in the lives of four Geordie friends from 1964-1995. While Nicky decides he wants to cha...
1: Arrival | Windrush
Series tracing the changes to British national life brought about by the first major influx of people from the Caribbean in 1948. The initial warm rece...
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.
4: Union and Disunion | Union with David Olusoga
The 20th century sees partition in Ireland. A sense of national unity emerges in the aftermath of the Second World War, but ...
Ring Vaccination and the Eradication of Smallpox | Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer
In the late 1960s, William Foege was running out of smallpox vaccine in Niger...
The Unwanted: The Secret Windrush Files
How black immigrants who made Britain their home came face to face with the government's 'hostile environment'. David Olusoga exposes...
6: First Contact | Civilisations
David Olusoga shows how art was always on the frontline when distant cultures met.
Kitchener and British Empire Historiography | A Timewatch Guide
David Olusoga explains how perceptions of empire have shifted throughout different generations.
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
David Olusoga investigates the beginnings of the British slave trade in Barbados.
The Indian Corps and trench warfare | The World's War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire
David Olusoga discusses the Indian corp experiences of industrialised trench warfare.
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