Amritsar 1919: Remembering a British Massacre

Amritsar 1919: Remembering a British Massacre

Empire, Slavery and Race | BBC Radio 4 | 2019 | 27'43''

A century on, historian Dr Zareer Masani reappraises the events and context of the Amritsar massacre in which hundreds of India...

3: Pomp and Power | Lost World of the Raj

3: Pomp and Power | Lost World of the Raj

Empire, Slavery and Race | BBC Two | 2007 | 59'09''

Set against the backdrop of British India from the 1920s to Independence in 1947, this third and last programme in the series tells...

2: Sex and Sensibility | Lost World of the Raj

2: Sex and Sensibility | Lost World of the Raj

Empire, Slavery and Race | BBC Two | 2007 | 58'39''

Raj society was based on a formal order of precedence, but behind the scenes there was a great deal of flirtation, fun, affair...

1: Home from Home | Lost World of the Raj

1: Home from Home | Lost World of the Raj

Empire, Slavery and Race | BBC Two | 2007 | 58'50''

The first episode recreates the era of the 1930s, when British expatriates attempted to create an idyllic version of English life i...

6: Freedom | Michael Wood: The Story of India

6: Freedom | Michael Wood: The Story of India

Empire, Slavery and Race | BBC Two | 2007 | 59'02''

Michael Wood examines the British Raj and traces the events that led to the Partition of India in 1947.

The British in India | Timewatch

The British in India | Timewatch

Empire, Slavery and Race | BBC Two | 1998 | 47'17''

Tonight's programme follows historian Andrew Roberts across the Indian subcontinent as he argues that Britain should take pride in its imper...

Episode 2 | Empire State of Mind

Episode 2 | Empire State of Mind

Empire, Slavery and Race | Channel 4 | 2021

Sathnam Sanghera goes on a very personal journey to unearth the roots that bind his country to its colonial past. Travelling across Britain ...

6: Always on Sunday | Rainbow City

6: Always on Sunday | Rainbow City

Empire, Slavery and Race | BBC One | 1967 | 24'07''

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

Postwar: E10: India and Empire | Politically

Postwar: E10: India and Empire | Politically

Empire, Slavery and Race | BBC Radio 12 | 2025 | 13'38''

The question of self-government for India would have to be confronted when war was over.

7: Soldiers of Empire | Not Forgotten

7: Soldiers of Empire | Not Forgotten

Conflict and Warfare | Channel 4 | 2007 | 48'10''

In this special edition of Not Forgotten, Ian Hislop uncovers the overlooked stories of soldiers from across the British Empire who fou...

5: Shot at Dawn | Not Forgotten

5: Shot at Dawn | Not Forgotten

Conflict and Warfare | Channel 4 | 2007 | 48'06''

In this special edition of Not Forgotten, Ian Hislop uncovers the powerful stories of First World War soldiers from across the British Empire...

S12E8: Anita Rani | Who Do You Think You Are?

S12E8: Anita Rani | Who Do You Think You Are?

Empire, Slavery and Race | BBC One | 2015 | 58'54''

Journalist Anita Rani sets out to see if she can find out more about what happened to her grandfather during the Partition of I...

S2E6: Gurinder Chadha | Who Do You Think You Are?

S2E6: Gurinder Chadha | Who Do You Think You Are?

Decolonisation movements | BBC One | 2006 | 58'44''

Director Gurinder Chadha learns about her father's life in Kenya and her grandmother's experiences during the partition of ...

1: The Viceory of India | A Passage to Britain

1: The Viceory of India | A Passage to Britain

Empire and colonies | BBC Two | 2018 | 58'27''

Dr Yasmin Khan tracks down passengers who travelled from Mumbai to Britain in the 1930s on the luxurious P&O liner The Viceroy...

Chinese Labour Corps | The World’s War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire

Chinese Labour Corps | The World’s War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2014 | 4'01''

David Olusoga discusses the experiences of the Chinese labour corp in WW1.

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

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

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2014 | 4'06''

David Olusoga investigates the WW1 experiences of French troops from Sub-Sah...

Battle of Neuve Chapelle | The World’s War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire

Battle of Neuve Chapelle | The World’s War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2014 | 5'26''

David Olusoga discusses the Battle of Neuve Chapelle.

The Indian Corps and trench warfare | The World’s War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire

The Indian Corps and trench warfare | The World’s War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2014 | 4'45''

David Olusoga discusses the Indian corp experiences of industrialised trench warfare.

Indian soldiers in Marseille | The World’s War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire

Indian soldiers in Marseille | The World’s War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2014 | 3'51''

David Olusoga discusses the experiences of the Indian soldiers arriving in Marseille at th...

The Father of Australia

The Father of Australia

Empire and colonies | BBC Two | 2011 | 1'10'49''

Drama-documentary starring Clive Russell as Lachlan Macquarie, governor of the British penal colony that would eventually become Australia.

Episode 4 | Rebel Heart

Episode 4 | Rebel Heart

Empire and colonies | BBC One | 2001 | 49'07''

It's 1922 and Ernie and Ita are together at last, while Ireland is poised to win her independence.

Episode 3 | Rebel Heart

Episode 3 | Rebel Heart

Empire and colonies | BBC One | 2001 | 49'13''

Ernie is sent to the west of Ireland by Michael Collins to rally support but learns that Kelly and O'Toole are awaiting execution.

Episode 1 | Rebel Heart

Episode 1 | Rebel Heart

Empire and colonies | BBC One | 2001 | 49'51''

Drama about an idealistic young man's coming of age during the birth of the Irish nation.

Episode 2 | The Road to Partition

Episode 2 | The Road to Partition

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2021 | 59'02''

The second episode explores how political tensions and outbreaks of sectarian violence threatened to destabilise the new Northern Irish state.

Episode 1 | The Road to Partition

Episode 1 | The Road to Partition

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2021 | 58'52''

Documentary exploring the political brinkmanship and bitter communal violence that led to the partition of Ireland.

Can Partnership Succeed? | Panorama

Can Partnership Succeed? | Panorama

Empire, Slavery and Race | BBC | 1960 | 45'06''

James Mossman reports on the relationship between Europeans and Africans in the federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.

3: Lady Constance Lytton | Shoulder to Shoulder

3: Lady Constance Lytton | Shoulder to Shoulder

Empire, Slavery and Race | BBC Two | 1974 | 1'15'36''

1908: Constance Lytton: daughter of the Viceroy of India, she came from one of the leading families in the land. Almost any d...

The Day India Burned – Partition

The Day India Burned – Partition

Empire, Slavery and Race | BBC Two | 2007 | 1'29'19''

Documentary about the effects of Britain's withdrawal from India in 1947. 15 million were displaced and more than a million lose their...

Episode 2 | My Family, Partition and Me: India 1947

Episode 2 | My Family, Partition and Me: India 1947

Empire, Slavery and Race | BBC One | 2017 | 58'14''

Anita Rani and her mother Lucky become the first members of their family to return to what is now Pakistan since the Part...

Episode 1 | My Family, Partition and Me: India 1947

Episode 1 | My Family, Partition and Me: India 1947

Empire, Slavery and Race | BBC One | 2017 | 58'59''

Anita Rani marks the 70th anniversary of the Partition of India by exploring its impact on four British families, includi...

2: Pirates | Britain’s Outlaws: Highwaymen, Pirates and Rogues

2: Pirates | Britain’s Outlaws: Highwaymen, Pirates and Rogues

Empire, Slavery and Race | BBC Four | 2015 | 58'58''

Sam Willis explores the golden age of piracy during the early 18th century and charts the devastating im...

3: The Jewel in the Crown | British History’s Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

3: The Jewel in the Crown | British History’s Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

Empire and colonies | BBC Four | 2017 | 59'11''

Lucy explores how British history is a concoction of fibs. She debunks the fibs that surro...

Black Classical Music: The Forgotten History

Black Classical Music: The Forgotten History

Empire, Slavery and Race | BBC Four | 2020 | 1'28'32''

Lenny Henry and Suzy Klein celebrate black classical composers and musicians across the centuries whose stories and music have l...

10: India: The Brightest Jewel | Twentieth Century History

10: India: The Brightest Jewel | Twentieth Century History

Decolonisation movements | BBC One | 1978 | 19'54''

Programme covers events in India from the 1930s to Independence and Partition in 1947.

1: Martial Races | The World’s War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire

1: Martial Races | The World’s War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2014 | 59'04''

David Olusoga challenges our perceptions of the First World War with the stories of the millions of In...

2: Foreign Legions | The World’s War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire

2: Foreign Legions | The World’s War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2014 | 59'00''

In part two, historian David Olusoga explains how the First World War spread far beyond the mud and ...

Learning Zone | The Birth of Empire: The East India Company

Learning Zone | The Birth of Empire: The East India Company

Empire, Slavery and Race | BBC Two | 2014 | 59'05''

A compilation of short films made specially for schools on the rise and fall of the East India Company, which acc...

Episode 2 | The Birth of Empire: The East India Company

Episode 2 | The Birth of Empire: The East India Company

Empire, Slavery and Race | BBC Two | 2014 | 59'02''

Dan Snow traces the rise and fall of the East India Company, and reveals how the British government controlled the Ea...

Episode 1 | The Birth of Empire: The East India Company

Episode 1 | The Birth of Empire: The East India Company

Empire, Slavery and Race | BBC Two | 2014 | 58'57''

Dan Snow travels through India in the footsteps of the company that revolutionised British lifestyles and laid the fo...

5: Doing Good | Empire

5: Doing Good | Empire

Empire, Slavery and Race | BBC One | 2012 | 58'44''

In the final part of his personal account of Britain's empire, Jeremy Paxman tells the story of how a desire for conquest became a mission to improve ...

3: Playing the Game | Empire

3: Playing the Game | Empire

Empire, Slavery and Race | BBC One | 2012 | 58'45''

Jeremy Paxman continues by tracing the growth of a peculiarly British type of hero.

2: Making Ourselves at Home | Empire

2: Making Ourselves at Home | Empire

Eighteenth and nineteenth century migration to Britain | BBC One | 2012 | 58'46''

Jeremy Paxman continues by examining how traders, conquerors and settlers spread the British way of doing things.

1: A Taste of Power | Empire

1: A Taste of Power | Empire

Empire, Slavery and Race | BBC One | 2012 | 59'20''

Jeremy Paxman begins by asking how such a small country got such a big head and came to rule a quarter of the world.

S3E5: The Independence of India | Days That Shook the World

S3E5: The Independence of India | Days That Shook the World

Empire, Slavery and Race | BBC Two | 2005 | 29'59''

The story of the Independence of India.

Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners

Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners

Empire and colonies | BBC Two | 2015 | 59'21''

In 1834 Britain abolished slavery, a defining and celebrated moment in our national history. What has been largely forgotten is that a...

Episode 2 | Britain’s Biggest Dig

Episode 2 | Britain’s Biggest Dig

Empire, Slavery and Race | BBC Two | 2020 | 59'07''

Professor Alice Roberts and Dr Yasmin Khan dig deeper through the excavations at St James's burial ground on the hunt for the lost ex...

1: The Atlantic Slave Trade | History File

1: The Atlantic Slave Trade | History File

Empire, Slavery and Race | BBC Two | 1997 | 19'07''

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

3: War | Suez: A Very British Crisis

3: War | Suez: A Very British Crisis

Empire, Slavery and Race | BBC Two | 2006 | 58'57''

How the invasion of Egypt caused an international outcry and the end of Eden's career.