A Very British History - Season 1
Season 1
Episodes
Romany Gypsies
Writer Damian Le Bas explores how Gypsy people in the 1960s were forced to abandon their nomadic way of life for a more settled existence.
The First Black Brummies
Poet Sue Brown looks at what life was like in the postwar years for Birmingham's Caribbean community as they asked questions about their own identity and place in British society.
The Jews of Leeds
Film-maker Simon Glass explores his family history and tells the story of the Yorkshire Jews in the early 20th century.
Ugandan Asians
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.
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