S1E4: Language is Power | A History of Scotland

Accent and identity | Black and Scottish

The interviewees discuss what accents mean to them and how that can shape identity.

Being mixed-race | Black and Scottish

The interviewees talk about what it means to be mixed-race and how it can be difficult to find a sense of belonging.

Being Scottish | Black and Scottish

The interviewees reflect on how Scottish they feel but the importance of remembering their roots.

Black and Scottish

What does it mean to be black and Scottish? Director Stewart Kyasimire seeks out a range of black Scots of different ages and from diverse backgrounds to ...

First generation | Black and Scottish

The first black professor in Scotland talks about his heritage.

Fitting in | Black and Scottish

The interviewees recall growing up and often being the only black child in their peer group.

Hair | Black and Scottish

The interviewees discuss how people reacted to their hair and what some of them did to "fit-in".

Racism | Black and Scottish

The interviewees discuss their different and difficult experiences of racism living in Scotland.

Recognising Scottish colonial past | Black and Scottish

SNP councillor Graham Campbell talks about recognising an often forgotten part of Scottish history and the Scots cont...

Rwandan-Scottish | Black and Scottish

Sex Education star, Ncuti Gatwa details his journey from Rwandan refugee to being a Scotsman.

S2E2: Let's Pretend | A History of Scotland

Bitterly divided by politics and religion for centuries, this is the infamous story of how Scotland and England came together in ...

The Cutkelvins | Black and Scottish

The X-Factor semi-finalists describe their family history and how being on the show encouraged a lot of support from the black-Scottish c...

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: 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...

1: First Encounters | Black and British: A Forgotten History

Historian David Olusoga explores the enduring relationship between Britain and people whose origins lie in Afric...

1: Mangrove | Small Axe

The true story of the Mangrove restaurant, a lively community hub in London's Notting Hill that was the subject of relentless police raids during the...

1: What Sort of Boy? | Rainbow City

First episode of a groundbreaking BBC drama series from 1967 about the experience of the West Indian community in Birmingham, featuring E...

1066: A Year to Conquer England

Dan Snow explores the political intrigues and family betrayals between Vikings, Anglo-Saxons and Normans that led to war and the Battle of Ha...

2: 1940-1965 | George Alagiah: Mixed Britannia

George Alagiah tells the story of the GI babies labelled war casualties, the boom in mixed-race couples following mass migrati...

2: Intolerance | Windrush

The 1959 Notting Hill riots and the first racial killing.