04: Mandela | Primary History

Episode 1 | The Australian Wars

Sydney was the first frontier war battleground. No treaty between European occupying forces and the First Nations people meant conflict, and ...

Episode 2 | The Australian Wars

Film-maker Rachel Perkins examines what happened when the increasing number of arriving European colonists encroached upon the prime hunting ...

6: Empire for Sale | Empire: How Britain Made The Modern World

The fall of the British empire is usually attributed to nationalist groups fighting for independence, yet as N...

Episode 3 | The Australian Wars

Colonists spread across the continent, assisted by the proliferation of rifles and horses. Everywhere, they were met with resistance from Fir...

10: India: The Brightest Jewel | Twentieth Century History

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

13: 1947: Freedom Now | People's Century

European powers are forced to relinquish their colonies in Africa following the Second World War, but in most cases the newly indepe...

2: Conspiracy | Suez: A Very British Crisis

This episode provides an insight into the way in which Eden secretly plotted with France and Israel, behind the USA's back, not o...

Mau Mau Uprising | This World

History and witness experiences of the Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya.

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

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

S7E4: Mau Mau | Secret History

The story behind a bitter conflict during the last phase of the British Empire, which saw the Mau Mau attack white settlers in a savage bid fo...