British Empire: Heroes and Villains

David Olusoga, who presented Black and British: A Forgotten History, turns his attention to the way the British Empire has been portrayed on British TV...
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David Olusoga, who presented Black and British: A Forgotten History, turns his attention to the way the British Empire has been portrayed on British TV...

David Olusoga, who presented the recent BBC2 series Black and British: A Forgotten History, turns his attention to the way the British Empire has been portrayed on British television in this Timewatch Guide.

Delving into the BBC archives, David unearths plenty of gems covering the Empire’s rise and decline, including lots of material from decades’ worth of the Timewatch series.