A Very British History

  • Premiered: Dec 2018
  • Episodes: 8
  • Followers: 1
  • Ended
  • BBC One
  • Wednesday at 21
  • Documentary

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Season 1
1x1
Ugandan Asians
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 10, 2018
Food writer Meera Sodha tells the story of the 1972 refugee crisis when thousands of Asian people arrived in Britain after being expelled from Uganda by dictator Idi Amin. Meera meets .. show full overview
1x2
Romany Gypsies
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Air date
Dec 10, 2018
Documentary exploring key moments in the 20th century for minority communities across the UK. In the first edition, Damian Le Bas revealing that many Gypsies in the 1960s were forced to .. show full overview
1x3
The First Black Brummies
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Air date
Feb 19, 2019
Sue Brown looks at what life was like in the post-war years for Birmingham's Caribbean community. The poet, whose parents came to Britain in the 1950s from Jamaica, meets people who .. show full overview
1x4 Season finale
The Jews of Leeds
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Air date
Feb 25, 2019
Documentary in which film-maker Simon Glass explores his family history and tells the story of the Yorkshire Jews in the early 20th century.

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