Dan Snow presents a series on the Royal Navy's role in British history. Dan looks at the evolution o...
Set against the backdrop of British India from the 1920s to Independence in 1947, this third and last programme in the series tells...
Raj society was based on a formal order of precedence, but behind the scenes there was a great deal of flirtation, fun, affair...
The first episode recreates the era of the 1930s, when British expatriates attempted to create an idyllic version of English life i...
Michael Wood examines the British Raj and traces the events that led to the Partition of India in 1947.
Tonight's programme follows historian Andrew Roberts across the Indian subcontinent as he argues that Britain should take pride in its imper...
Sathnam Sanghera goes on a very personal journey to unearth the roots that bind his country to its colonial past. Travelling across Britain ...
Panorama reports from India, Africa, America and Russia to highlight the problems and challenges that the next ten years will bring. The ...
The story of Olaudah Equiano, a black slave who emerged from the horrors of the African holocaust to become an English gentleman, marry a white wom...
David Olusoga explores the artistic reaction to imperialism in the 19th century.
The final episode reviews the 19th century, when a fierce competition for resources and trade led to conflicts.
This episode looks at the powerful, cosmopolitan cities that dotted Africa at the time when Europe was in its Middle Ages.
Henry Louis Gates travels to the shores of the Sahara Desert to see the transformation of north and west Africa.
Henry Louis Gates Jr looks at the discoveries that point to Africa as the genetic home of all currently living humanity.
Historian David Olusoga explores the enduring relationship between Britain and people whose origins lie in Afric...
The Great War was the first 'world' war, there were soldiers from Africa, Australia and India as well as Europe. In this section we look a...
The 'scramble for Africa' by competing European nations during the last years of Queen Victoria's reign is the com...
Following the religious revival that started in the late 18th century, missionaries began working in Africa and In...
The concept of 'plantation' is explored in this programme, referring not to crops but the settlement of British p...
Exploring the achievements of the greatest figures of the 20th century. Examining the lives of Emmeline Pankhurst, Mahatma Gandhi, Helen Keller and Mart...
Afua Hirsch investigates the Kenyan artist Michael Soi and how his work represents questions of colonisation, violenc...
Afua Hircsh visits a classical ballet studio in the Kibera slum.
Afua Hirsch discusses the 1952-1960 Mau Mau uprising in Kenya.
Afua Hirsch discusses the optimistic vision of Kenyatta through it's modern architecture.
Afua Hirsch investigates the British colony in Kenya and the development of safari culture.
Afua Hirsch discusses the British creation of Kenya in 1885 and subsequent colonial projects there.
HH Movie Pitch: Leif Ericsson tries to explain that the film he's pitching about discovering America isn't a fantasy.
Christopher Columbus insists to a sceptical crewman that he's discovered India - also, mermaids.
Afua Hirsch investigates the attempted Italian invasion of Ethiopia, which culminated in the battle of Adwa.
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