Migration to Britain

03: The Age of Revolution | Story of Ireland

Here, he looks at the changes wrought on Ireland's demographics by the Plantation of Ulster. Presented by Fergal Keane.

Huguenots and silk | The Great British Sewing Bee

Claudia Winkleman explains the history of the Huguenots, their fleeing to Britain and how they affected the silk trade.

The First Refugees | Civilisations Stories

Documentary in which fashion historian Amber Butchart unravels the story of the Huguenot silk weavers of Spitalfields.

S02E02: Let's Pretend | A History of Scotland

Bitterly divided by politics and religion for centuries, this is the infamous story of how Scotland and England came together i...

S01E04: Language is Power | A History of Scotland

Neil Oliver reveals the story of the infamous Highland/Lowland divide, which was the result of a family struggle.

S06E09: David Mitchell | Who Do You Think You Are?

David Mitchell goes in search of his Scottish roots, and attempts to find out whether his family were involved in the High...

02: Making Ourselves at Home | Empire

Jeremy Paxman continues by examining how traders, conquerors and settlers spread the British way of doing things.

Italian migration | Who Do You Think You Are?

Joe Swash goes in search of his Italian roots. Along the way, he finds stories of murder, banditry, an inspiring political acti...

S01E02 | A House Through Time

The story of those who lived in one house, from the time it was built until now. David Olusoga follows the residents of the house in Liverpool ...

S11E09: Billy Connolly | Who Do You Think You Are?

Scottish comedian and actor Billy Connolly travels to India in the footsteps of his army ancestors and makes an extraordin...

S11E03: Tamzin Outhwaite | Who Do You Think You Are?

Tamzin Outhwaite journeys into her Italian past to uncover the rags-to-riches tale of her great-grandfather Adelmo.

Episode 1 | 1066: A Year to Conquer England

Dan Snow explores the political intrigues and family betrayals between Vikings, Anglo-Saxons and Normans that led to war and the ...

S01E02: Conquest | The Normans

Robert Bartlett explores the impact of the Norman conquest of Britain and Ireland, and looks at how England adapted to its new masters.

04: Into the Light | Andrew Marr's History of the World

Andrew reaches the Middle Ages, when Vikings explored and pillaged from Northern Europe to North America.

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...

Mansa Musa | Andrew Marr's History of the World

The year is 1324 and Emperor Mansa Musa of Mali was about to burst upon the world.

Episode 1 | Vikings

Neil Oliver heads for Scandinavia to reveal the truth behind the legend of the Vikings, exploring the mysterious world of the Vikings' prehistoric ancest...

S01E01: Men of the North | The Normans

A look at how the Normans developed from a band of marauding Vikings into the formidable warriors who conquered England in 1066.

Norman cultural changes | The Normans

Robert Bartlett describes the cultural changes that the Normans brought to Britain.

William's castles | The Normans

William's coronation was met with some angst, but he persevered and proceeded to divide up land to Norman noblemen and build castles.

The Normans | The Normans

Summing up the achievements and nature of the Norman people and their affect on Europe.

Harrying of the North | The Normans

Offshoots of Anglo-Saxons, particularly in Northern England, would target roaming Normans, killing them to prevent any changes to their l...

The Domesday Book | The Normans

Robert Bartlett details the beginnings of the Domesday book and the kind of information that William requested for it, highlighting the demis...

Hereward the Wake | The Normans

Hereward the Wake oversaw the next resistance to King William, and got help from the Danish to attack England from the East.

The 1066 invasion | The Normans

Robert Bartlett gives a step-by-step guide to the infamous Battle of Hastings where William took the throne from King Harold and so ended th...

S01E03: Normans of the South | The Normans

Professor Robert Bartlett explores the impact of the Normans on southern Europe and the Middle East, as they spread south in the 1...

Norman churches | The Normans

Being devout Christians, the Normans were responsible for much of the religious infrastructure England knows today.

03: Judgement Day | Jerusalem: The Making of a Holy City

How Jerusalem became the object of rivalry between Christian nations, the focus of the longing of Jews and the site ...

William's death | The Normans

On his deathbed, William confessed to his sins and his regrets towards how he treated the English people. After he died, panic and chaos ensued...

King Harold's reign | The Normans

The people of the Middle Ages were sceptical of their new king Harold who, previous to William, was attempted to be usurped by Norwegian Vi...

The Bayeux Tapestry | The Normans

Robert Bartlett guides us through the Bayeux Tapestry and details the historical timeline of events that lead to the beginning of the infam...

Episode 1 | Back in Time for Brixton

Documentary following a family who give up their modern lives for one summer to experience what life was like for Caribbeans who immigra...

Episode 1 | Back in Time for Birmingham

The Sharma family experience life as a South Asian family in 50s Britain, from hard factory shifts to adapting their cooking to suit ...

The Unwanted: The Secret Windrush Files

How black immigrants who made Britain their home came face to face with the government's 'hostile environment'. David Olusoga exposes...

01: Arrival | Windrush (2008)

Series tracing the changes to British national life brought about by the first major influx of people from the Caribbean in 1948. The initial w...

02: Intolerance | Windrush (2008)

The 1959 Notting Hill riots and the first racial killing.

01: Mangrove | Small Axe

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 th...

S03E01E1 | A House Through Time

David Olusoga investigates the residents of an 18th-century house in Bristol, uncovering stories of piracy, an abandoned baby, a notorious po...

Episode 2 | Back in Time for Birmingham

The Sharmas' time-travels enter the 1970s. Opening a shop, they join an explosion of South Asian entrepreneurship in Birmingham - fro...

Finding My Family - Windrush | Newsround Specials

Seventy years since the Windrush's UK arrival, two kids head to the Caribbean to discover why their grandparents left for a...

04: A British Story | Windrush (2008)

The 1990s saw the emergence of a new black British identity, with black peers in the House of Lords and black celebrities in sport, ent...

S14E06: Spicing Up Britain: How Eating Out Went Exotic | Timeshift

How postwar Britain went from a place where eating out was more of a chore than a pleasure to a nation of ...

S16E04: Booze, Beans and Bhajis: The Story of the Corner Shop | Timeshift

Babita Sharma explores the growing and shifting fortunes of the British corner shop to discover why...

From Syria to Scotland | Our Lives

This Our Lives documentary follows the new lives of the Syrian refugee families who have made the small Scottish island of Bute their home.

06: Always on Sunday | Rainbow City

Sixth episode of a groundbreaking BBC drama series from 1967 about the experience of the West Indian community in Birmingham, featuring E...

Episode 1 | Lenny Henry's Caribbean Britain

Lenny Henry is joined by a host of famous faces as he celebrates his Caribbean-British heritage and explores how his culture has ...

02: The Asturias | A Passage to Britain

Dr Yasmin Khan reveals stories of passengers coming to Britain from Bombay in the late 40s following Independence, including Anglo-In...

03: A New Generation | Windrush (2008)

Focusing on the education of black children, their search for an identity through their music and lifestyle, and the tragedy of the Ne...

Policy through the ages | Who Should We Let In?

Britain's post-war policies towards immigration and seeking asylum.

Who Killed My Brother, Kelso Cochrane?

An historical whodunnit as Stanley Cochrane arrives in Britain to try and find out, with the help of reporter Raphael Rowe, who killed...

Episode 2 | Lenny Henry's Caribbean Britain

Lenny looks back on his coming of age and explores how he and other second and third-generation British-born Caribbean kids began...