03: High Tide | Empire of the Seas: How the Navy Forged the Modern World

06: Freedom | Michael Wood: The Story of India

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

05: Activists | Icons

Exploring the achievements of the greatest figures of the 20th century. Examining the lives of Emmeline Pankhurst, Mahatma Gandhi, Helen Keller and Mar...

The Extraordinary Equiano

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...

05: Maxim Force | Empire: How Britain Made The Modern World

The 'scramble for Africa' by competing European nations during the last years of Queen Victoria's reign is the co...

01: First Encounters | Black and British: A Forgotten History

Historian David Olusoga explores the enduring relationship between Britain and people whose origins lie in Afri...

The First World War: 04: Living and Dying | History File

The Great War was the first 'world' war, there were soldiers from Africa, Australia and India as well as Europe. In ...

03: The Mission | Empire: How Britain Made The Modern World

Following the religious revival that started in the late 18th century, missionaries began working in Africa and I...

01: Home from Home | Lost World of the Raj

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

02: White Plague | Empire: How Britain Made The Modern World

The concept of 'plantation' is explored in this programme, referring not to crops but the settlement of British ...

03: Pomp and Power | Lost World of the Raj

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

Episode 2 | Empire State of Mind

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

The British in India | Timewatch

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

01: 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.

02: Sex and Sensibility | Lost World of the Raj

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

04: 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.

06: 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.

08: The Cult of Progress | Civilisations

David Olusoga explores the artistic reaction to imperialism in the 19th century.

Mau Mau uprising | African Renaissance: When Art Meets Power

Afua Hirsch discusses the 1952-1960 Mau Mau uprising in Kenya.

03: 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.

06: Mahatma Gandhi | Walden on Heroes

Gandhi did more than drive the British out of India using "passive resistance". He also fought for better conditions for workers, persu...