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Primary History

Learning: Primary

Series tracing topics through history from ancient Egypt to modern-day Britain

A series of programmes that trace a topic through history from ancient Egypt to modern-day Britain

Primary History: Black History

Primary History: Black History: Episode 1: Black Britons 1

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Episode 1: Black Britons 1

Black History

Black Britons 1

BBC Two - Primary History, Black History, Black Britons 1

The history of black people in Britain, from the Romans to the slave trade.

Schools programme for seven- to 11-year-olds. An introduction to the history of black people in Britain, from the Romans to the slave trade.

Aimed at a primary school audience (7- to 11-year-olds), this programme gives an introduction to the history of black people in Britain, from the Romans to the slave trade. 

The programme features a mixture of presenter links on location and drama sequences about historical figures from the past. We meet John Blanke, a trumpeter in King Henry VIII's court, Ignatius Sancho, an 18th-century black cultural figure and 'man about town', Sake Deen Mahomed, 'shampooing surgeon' to King George IV in early 19th-century Brighton, and Mary Prince, an ex-slave who came to Britain and published her life story. The presenter is Ortis from Children's BBC.

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