Episode 1 | The Long Song

Black Peoples of the Americas: 03: Resistance, Rebllion and Abolition | History File

An overview of the methods used by the abolitionists, such as the famous poster of the s...

Black Peoples of the Americas: 01: The Atlantic Slave Trade | History File

The development of the triangular trade is described from its ancient origins, through the Europea...

01: A People Stolen | Enslaved with Samuel L Jackson

Samuel L Jackson and a team of journalists and divers explore 400 years of slavery. What happened to the 12 million ensl...

Black Peoples of the Americas: 02: Everyday Life on a Plantation Island | History File

The schools history series reconstructs the day-to-day experience of slavery for Betty...

02: A Precious Cargo | Enslaved with Samuel L Jackson

Samuel L Jackson examines how, for over 400 years, the transatlantic slave trade became the greatest wealth-generating ...

03: Resistance | Enslaved with Samuel L Jackson

Samuel L Jackson and the team travel through the US to tell the stories of those who resisted slavery, often making the dange...

Episode 1 | Slavery: Scotland's Hidden Shame

David Hayman presents the first of a two-part documentary exploring Scotland's role in the transatlantic slave trade.

The Windrush Generation | Black and British: A Forgotten History

David Olusoga discusses the Windrush Generation.

04: Making a Fortune | Empire

Jeremy Paxman travels from Jamaica, where sugar made plantation owners rich on the backs of slaves, to Calcutta.

Bunce Island | Black and British: A Forgotten History

David Olusoga visits Bunce Island, where the first slave fortress was built in the 17th century.

04: Our People | Enslaved with Samuel L Jackson

Samuel L Jackson and the team examine the events that ended the slave trade and piece together the heritage and identity take...

02: Freedom | Black and British: A Forgotten History

In the second part of his four-part series, historian David Olusoga explores the business of slavery and remembers the b...

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...

02: Sugar Dynasty | The Slavery Business

A drama-documentary chronicling the true story of the Beckford family, a ruthless 18th-century dynasty which ran Britain's first glo...

Mississippi cotton | Black and British: A Forgotten History

David Olusoga discusses the cotton industry in Mississippi and how it fuelled Britain's industrial revolution.

The Remains of Slavery | Civilisations Stories

Documentary in which Miles Chambers recounts the history of the slave trade in the West Country through objects and architectu...

Granville Sharp | Black and British: A Forgotten History

David Olusoga discusses Granville Sharpe and Jonathan Strong's roles in the abolition of slavery.

Slave plantation system | Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners

David Olusoga discusses the slave plantation system in the Caribbean.

01: How to Make a Million from Slavery | The Slavery Business

A wordy drama based on the life of British slave trader Henry Lascelles begins a season of programmes about sla...

Implements of torture | Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners

David Olusoga views the implements of torture that slave owners used to enforce the slave plantation system.