British soul singer Mica Paris traces the origins of six famous gospel songs and finds out why some of her contemporaries have returned to their gospel roots. Show more

In a revealing and emotional journey, Lenny Henry travels to the Caribbean to investigate his heritage and the relationship between the Commonwealth, the Caribbean and the UK. Show more

Lenny Henry and Suzy Klein celebrate black classical composers and musicians across the centuries whose stories and music have largely been forgotten.

The extraordinary story of Una Marson, a trailblazing poet, playwright and campaigner, and the first black producer and broadcaster at the BBC. Show more

Teenager Michaela Williams has always considered herself black but looks white. Now, the Windrush scandal has brought the question of her heritage and belonging into sharp relief. Show more

As the only white person in her husband’s large family, Samantha Williams has had to counter racial assumptions from both his family and her own. Show more

It’s 1968, and while the world is exploding around him, racially and politically, 17-year-old Kev keeps a low profile as a mechanic, the only black man in a white-owned garage. Show more

It’s 1949, and a year after arriving on the Empire Windrush, Eunice Daley finds herself moving into a room in her uncle’s house, her belongings crammed into cardboard boxes. Show more

Danielle de Niese explores the lives and works of five female composers who were famous in their lifetimes, but whose work was then forgotten. Show more

It is 2019, but in Cyrus’s confused mind it could be London 2011, and there are riots outside the house. Dementia forces his memories to fragment. Show more

At the start of a new century, 21-year-old cousins Malcolm and David reflect on their radically different upbringings and consider their current situations. Show more

In 1981, as Yvonne prepares to demonstrate for the young black victims of the New Cross fire, she finds herself giving expression to a deeper, personal loss for the first time. Show more

Cyrus Williams believes he’s found the love of his life in a young nurse, Eunice Daley. A chance meeting was all it took for him to want to spend the rest of his life with her. Show more

Lenny Henry is joined by a host of famous faces as he celebrates his Caribbean-British heritage and explores how his culture has become woven into the fabric of the UK. Show more

Lenny looks back on his coming of age and explores how he and other second- and third-generation British-born Caribbean kids began to mesh their identity into their art. Show more