Programme Index

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Black and British: A Forgotten History

Episode 1: First Encounters

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC History Channel

Available for years

David Olusoga explores the relationship between Britain and people whose origins lie in Africa. David uncovers a history that is as surprising as it is revealing. Show more

Who Do You Think You Are?

Series 15

Episode 5: Shirley Ballas

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 7 months

Shirley Ballas investigates a family story that her maternal great-grandmother abandoned her husband and children for a more exciting life in America. Show more

Who Do You Think You Are?

Series 15

Episode 6: Marvin Humes

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 7 months

DJ, presenter and former member of boy band JLS, Marvin Humes looks at his Jamaican and his English heritage, finding exceptional stories on both sides of the family. Show more

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for years

In part three of this groundbreaking series, historian David Olusoga explores the Victorian moral crusade against slavery. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
David Olusoga
Producer:
Naomi Austin
Director:
Naomi Austin
Series Producer:
James Van Der Pool
Executive Producer:
Chris Granlund

Treasures of Ancient Egypt

Episode 1: The Birth of Art

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for years

Tracing the origins of Egypt's unique visual style, Alastair Sooke treks across the Sahara and travels the Nile to find the rarely seen art of its earliest peoples. Show more

Treasures of Ancient Egypt

Episode 2: The Golden Age

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC History Channel

Available for years

Alastair Sooke picks treasures from Ancient Egyptian art's most opulent and glittering moment, and explores architectural wonders, exquisite tombs and a lost city. Show more

Treasures of Ancient Egypt

Episode 3: A New Dawn

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC History Channel

Available for years

Alastair Sooke concludes the story of Egyptian art by looking at how, despite political decline, the final era of Egypt's empire saw its art enjoy revival and rebirth. Show more

Who Do You Think You Are?

Series 15

Episode 7: Robert Rinder

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 7 months

Robert 'Judge' Rinder follows the story of his grandfather, a Holocaust survivor, as well as investigating the dark mystery surrounding his great-grandfather. Show more

Who Do You Think You Are?

Series 15

Episode 8: Jonnie Peacock

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 7 months

Celebrity genealogy series. Paralympic gold medal winner Jonnie Peacock looks back through the generations and ends up captivated by his four-times-great-grandmother. Show more

Treasures of Ancient Greece

Episode 1: The Age of Heroes

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC History Channel

Available for years

Series in which Alastair Sooke explores Greek art. He begins his journey in Crete at the palace of Knossos, and travels to Santorini to the 'Greek Pompeii'. Show more

Treasures of Ancient Greece

Episode 2: The Classical Revolution

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for years

Alastair Sooke unpicks the reasons behind the dazzling revolution that gave birth to classical Greek art, asking how the Greeks got so good so quickly. Show more

Treasures of Ancient Greece

Episode 3: The Long Shadow

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for years

Filming in Italy, Germany, France and Britain, Alastair Sooke explores the extraordinary afterlife of Greek masterpieces that changed the course of western culture. Show more

Who Do You Think You Are?

Series 16

Daniel Radcliffe

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 7 months

Actor Daniel Radcliffe discovers that the Hatton Garden robbery of his great-grandfather’s jewellery business was far more dark and dramatic than he ever imagined. Show more

Who Do You Think You Are?

Series 16

Naomie Harris

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 7 months

Actor Naomie Harris’s dramatic discoveries in this episode inspire her to anger, sadness and tears of joy. Show more

Treasures of Ancient Egypt

Episode 1: The Birth of Art

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for years

Tracing the origins of Egypt's unique visual style, Alastair Sooke treks across the Sahara and travels the Nile to find the rarely seen art of its earliest peoples. Show more

Treasures of Ancient Egypt

Episode 2: The Golden Age

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC History Channel

Available for years

Alastair Sooke picks treasures from Ancient Egyptian art's most opulent and glittering moment, and explores architectural wonders, exquisite tombs and a lost city. Show more

Treasures of Ancient Egypt

Episode 3: A New Dawn

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC History Channel

Available for years

Alastair Sooke concludes the story of Egyptian art by looking at how, despite political decline, the final era of Egypt's empire saw its art enjoy revival and rebirth. Show more

Treasures of Ancient Greece

Episode 1: The Age of Heroes

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC History Channel

Available for years

Series in which Alastair Sooke explores Greek art. He begins his journey in Crete at the palace of Knossos, and travels to Santorini to the 'Greek Pompeii'. Show more

BBC History Channel

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