April 1981: unprecedented violence erupts on south London streets, as thousands of local residents fight a pitched battle with the capital's police in...
After his operation, George Malone walks out of hospital in his pyjamas. Chrissie, Loggo and George's sons return him...
After his wife leaves him, Yosser Hughes struggles to hold his family together. But with no work and the police and socia...
Chrissie and his wife Angie are driven to despair by money problems and hounding by the Department of Employment investigat...
Dixie Dean, working at night in the port as a security guard, is strongarmed into accepting bribes for allowing the removal of goo...
Drama series about life in recession-hit Britain in the Thatcher era. Chrissie, Dixie, Yosser, Loggo and George sign on befo...
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...
An examination of the Black Power movement in the late 1960s in the UK, surveying both the individuals and the cultural forces tha...
David Hayman presents the second of a two-part documentary exploring Scotland's role in the transatlantic slave trade.
David Hayman presents the first of a two-part documentary exploring Scotland's role in the transatlantic slave trade.
Lenny looks back on his coming of age and explores how he and other second and third-generation British-born Caribbean kids...
Lenny Henry is joined by a host of famous faces as he celebrates his Caribbean-British heritage and explores how his cultur...
West Indian residents in the UK and their experience of applying for UK jobs and colour bars they encounter. Also interviews with white UK ...
A history of Britain's mixed-race community. George Alagiah tells how Britain escaped laws preventing interracial marriage and...
Adrian Chiles uses rarely seen archive film and talks some of those who were newly arrived in the west Midlands about the racism th...
The compelling story of a group of teenagers with a cause in a musical drama based on the true story of the Glasgow Girls. What started as a grassroots petitio...
Documentary looking at those who support UKIP, from fishermen who say that their livelihoods are being destroyed by EU legislation to those wh...
A collection of short snippets of stories from the Windrush generation.
This programme looks at the contributions made by black people from literature and the arts.
This programme looks at experience of Caribbean/Black community of Britain and their cultural heritage.
This programme looks at experiences of Black women, growing up and working in Britain.
Programme looking at the culture, music, food and dress that make Caribbean carnival special.
The 1959 Notting Hill riots and the first racial killing.
Contains racially insensitive language. Stories of interracial marriages are told by women who have crossed the racial divide in and explor...
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...
Focusing on the education of black children, their search for an identity through their music and lifestyle, and the tragedy of the New Cross ...
The 1990s saw the emergence of a new black British identity, with black peers in the House of Lords and black celebrities in sport, entertainme...
Seventy years since the Windrush's UK arrival, two kids head to the Caribbean to discover why their grandparents left...
How black immigrants who made Britain their home came face to face with the government's 'hostile environment'. David Olusoga exposes...
When 12-year-old Kingsley is transferred to a special-needs school, a group of West Indian women uncover an unofficial segregation policy preventing...
The true story of award-winning writer Alex Wheatle, who spent his childhood in a mostly white institutional care home and was jailed after the B...
After seeing his father assaulted by police officers, a young black man is driven to join the force, with hopes of changing racist attitud...
Lovers Rock tells a fictional story of young love at a blues party in 1980. The film is an ode to the romantic reggae genre called lovers rock, an...
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...
In July 1981 riots broke out in Liverpool, following longstanding tensions between police and the black community. David Olusoga inv...
Michaela explains the importance of valuing her black heritage and understanding the struggles that her family have been through.
Michaela introduces herself and her family in a sociology project about her heritage and the windrush generation.
The sounds of riots outside bring up confusing and upsetting memories for Cyrus.
A visit to David's university bar unlocks a secret that Malcolm has tried to repress.
Malcolm and David consider how their different upbringings have shaped their lives today.
Samantha talks about the experience of being the only white person in her husband's family.
Yvonne confronts her emotions about the death of the biological father that left her mother when she was pregnant.
Yvonne explains how attitudes towards her have changed in the aftermath of the New Cross Fire.
Cyrus tells the story of how he met and fell in love with Eunice.
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