The Remains of Slavery | Civilisations Stories

01: Across the Ocean Sea | Landmarks

In 1992 an American girl flies home from London. While waiting at the airport she encounters the ghost of Christopher Columbus, who tell...

02: For God and for Gold | Landmarks

In 1992 an American girl flies home from London. While waiting at the airport she encounters the ghost of Christopher Columbus, who tell...

1: A People Stolen | Enslaved with Samuel L Jackson

Samuel L Jackson and a team of journalists and divers explore 400 years of slavery. What happened to the 12 million ensla...

1: Origins | Africa's Great Civilisations

Henry Louis Gates Jr looks at the discoveries that point to Africa as the genetic home of all currently living humanity.

1: The Atlantic Slave Trade | History File

The development of the triangular trade is described from its ancient origins, through the European involvement in the 16th and 17...

2: A Precious Cargo | Enslaved with Samuel L Jackson

Samuel L Jackson examines how, for over 400 years, the transatlantic slave trade became the greatest wealth-generating m...

2: Everyday Life on a Plantation Island | History File

The schools history series reconstructs the day-to-day experience of slavery for Betty Newton, a field hand on a Carib...

2: Freedom | Black and British: A Forgotten History

In the second part of his four-part series, historian David Olusoga explores the business of slavery and remembers the bl...

2: The Price of Freedom | Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners

David Olusoga traces the bitter propaganda war waged between the pro-slavery lobby and the abolitionists.

3: Empires of Gold | Africa's Great Civilisations

Henry Louis Gates travels to the shores of the Sahara Desert to see the transformation of north and west Africa.

3: Moral Mission | Black and British: A Forgotten History

In part three of this groundbreaking series, historian David Olusoga explores the Victorian moral crusade against s...

3: Resistance | Enslaved with Samuel L Jackson

Samuel L Jackson and the team travel through the US to tell the stories of those who resisted slavery, often making the danger...

3: Resistance, Rebllion and Abolition | History File

An overview of the methods used by the abolitionists, such as the famous poster of the slave ship 'Brookes'. The case of...

4: Cities | Africa's Great Civilisations

This episode looks at the powerful, cosmopolitan cities that dotted Africa at the time when Europe was in its Middle Ages.

4: Guns and Government | Endgame in Ireland

In February 1991, Prime Minister John Major survived an IRA mortar attack. But this wasn't the only message he received from the ...

4: Making a Fortune | Empire

Jeremy Paxman travels from Jamaica, where sugar made plantation owners rich on the backs of slaves, to Calcutta.

4: Our People | Enslaved with Samuel L Jackson

Samuel L Jackson and the team examine the events that ended the slave trade and piece together the heritage and identity taken...

4: The Homecoming | Black and British: A Forgotten History

Historian David Olusoga concludes his series with the three African kings who stood up to empire, an irresistible ...

6: Clash of Civilisations | Africa's Great Civilisations

The final episode reviews the 19th century, when a fierce competition for resources and trade led to conflicts.

African Roman soldiers in Northern England | Black and British: A Forgotten History

David Olusoga visits Hadrian's Wall and discusses the Roman history of black soldiers.