A Scottish Soldier: A Lost Diary of WWI

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12/11/2018

BBC Four - A Scottish Soldier: A Lost Diary of WWI

The story of Arthur Roberts - one of thousands of black soldiers who fought in WWI.

Docudrama. Poet Jackie Kay tells the story of Arthur Roberts - one of thousands of black soldiers who fought in WWI. His diary provides a unique account of life in the trenches.

Thousands of black soldiers fought in the First World War. Poet Jackie Kay tells the story of one of them - Arthur Roberts. Arthur grew up in Glasgow and joined the King's Own Scottish Borderers in 1917. He fought at Ypres and kept a detailed diary, which gives us a unique account of the war. Arthur's evocative writing and sketches paint a vivid first-hand picture of life in the trenches. Like Arthur, Jackie Kay is a black Glaswegian, and she explores what it was like being black 100 years ago.

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