Five programmes chronicling colonial life in Africa, compiled from the memories of the men and women who worked there.
1: White Man's Burden - White Man's Grave
The history of British rule in Africa is a short on'e; it began and ended almost within the span of a man's lifetime. In the first of five programmes, Charles Allen introduces the memories of those who ruled Africa at the time when ' the British Empire was the cock of the world '.
Producer HELEN FRY