David explains the horrendous treatment of the Aboriginal peoples of Tasmania by the British.
David explains how Britian sent their problem convicts abroad to the colonies for cheap labour, and many ...
David Olusoga reveals how the loss of the American colonies led to the colonisation of Australia and how the Indian indenture system wa...
David Olusoga tells the story of the British Empire, from its origins under Elizabeth I to the establishment of colonies in America, th...
In Jamestown, David looks at evidence of the first English colonies in the Americas and their tobacco plantations.
Dan Snow charts the role the Royal Navy played in Britain's development. How victory over the Arm...
Documentary that sees David Dimbleby tracing the crucial importance of the sea to Britain's trade and to individual livelihoods o...
David Dimbleby sails the south west coast of England, exploring maritime art, architecture and history - including the st...
Dr Yasmin Khan tracks down passengers who travelled from Mumbai to Britain in the 1930s on the luxurious P&O liner The Viceroy...
Drama-documentary starring Clive Russell as Lachlan Macquarie, governor of the British penal colony that would eventually become Australia.
It's 1922 and Ernie and Ita are together at last, while Ireland is poised to win her independence.
Ernie is sent to the west of Ireland by Michael Collins to rally support but learns that Kelly and O'Toole are awaiting execution.
Drama about an idealistic young man's coming of age during the birth of the Irish nation.
David Dimbleby tours Britain to discover the buildings that have made us who we are. Dimbleby travels north to the powe...
David Dimbleby tours Britain to discover the buildings that have made us who we are. He travels west, where he finds...
Lucy explores how British history is a concoction of fibs. She debunks the fibs that surro...
In 1834 Britain abolished slavery, a defining and celebrated moment in our national history. What has been largely forgotten is that a...
Historian David Olusoga concludes his series with the three African kings who stood up to empire, an irresistible ...
In the 1920s, Imperial Britannia slid from view and Britain saw a housing boom and the birth of radio bro...
David Dimbleby travels through Britain, America and India, tracing the British Empire from 1750 to 1900.
How the liberal politics and free-market economics of the British Empire unravelled, leading to th...
Weathering the anti-royalist storm breaking on the continent, Great Britain stands strong against the military might of Napoleon. ...
In this programme we learn about the origins of the British empire in the 17th century and how its foundations we...
The 'scramble for Africa' by competing European nations during the last years of Queen Victoria's reign is the com...
In this programme we discover how a few thousand British people ruled over India, a country of more than ...
In the late 1880's, thousands of people were passing through Liverpool and emigrating to America. David Olusoga investig...
David Olusoga talks to Neil Kenlock about his photographs of the exp...
David Olusoga discusses the Windrush Generation.
David Olusoga discusses racial violence in Liverpool.
David Olusoga investigates the Bechuanaland Chiefs.
David Olusoga discusses the legacy of the slave trade in Jamaica in the decades after abolition.
David Olusoga explains how the American civil war caused a cotton famine in Lancashire.
David Olusoga discusses the cotton industry in Mississippi and how it fuelled Britain's industrial revolution.
David Olusoga discusses the life and work of Frederick Douglas.
David Olusoga discusses the remarkable life of Sara Forbes Bonetta.
David Olusoga discusses the West Africa Squadron, which attempted to intercept slave ships and free the African...
David Olusoga investigates the passenger list to Freetown in Africa.
Davis Olusoga investigates the Bill Richmond black boxer who took Georgian Britain by storm.
David Olusoga investigates American Independence and the revolution of the African slaves.
David Olusoga discusses Granville Sharpe and Jonathan Strong's roles in the abolition of slavery.
David Olusoga discusses the slave codes that stripped black people of all their rights.
David Olusoga investigates the British independent slave owners.
David Olusoga visits Bunce Island, where the first slave fortress was built in the 17th century.
David Olusoga investigates the first English traders in West Africa.
David Olusoga discusses Catherine of Aragon's black servants.
David Olusoga visits Hadrian's Wall and discusses the Roman history of black soldiers.
David Olusoga discusses the legacies of slavery.
David Olusoga explains how the profits of slavery shaped the world we know today.
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