
Black Britons 1
Schools programme for seven- to 11-year-olds. An introduction to the history of black people in Britain, from the Romans to the slave trade.
Aimed at a primary school audience (7- to 11-year-olds), this programme gives an introduction to the history of black people in Britain, from the Romans to the slave trade.
The programme features a mixture of presenter links on location and drama sequences about historical figures from the past. We meet John Blanke, a trumpeter in King Henry VIII's court, Ignatius Sancho, an 18th-century black cultural figure and 'man about town', Sake Deen Mahomed, 'shampooing surgeon' to King George IV in early 19th-century Brighton, and Mary Prince, an ex-slave who came to Britain and published her life story. The presenter is Ortis from Children's ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½.
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The Indian Shampooing Surgeon to the King in Brighton, 1822
Duration: 03:43
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The diary of Mary Prince
Duration: 03:56
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John Blanke the black trumpeter
Duration: 03:16
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Septimius Severus and black Roman soldiers
Duration: 01:15
Broadcasts
- Fri 25 May 2007 11:20ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two except East & Yorkshire
- Mon 25 Feb 2008 10:50ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two except East & Yorkshire
- Mon 10 Mar 2008 13:10
- Mon 2 Mar 2009 11:20ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two except East, Northern Ireland & Yorkshire
- Thu 15 Oct 2009 11:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two Wales, Scotland & England only
- Tue 11 Oct 2011 05:10ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire