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David Olusoga

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David Olusoga

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Born: January 1, 1970
From: Lagos, Nigeria

Biography

David Adetayo Olusoga OBE is a British historian, writer, broadcaster, presenter and film-maker. He is Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester. He has presented historical documentaries on the BBC and contributed to The One Show and The Guardian.

Known for

Empire with David Olusoga

2025 Series 4.7

A House Through Time

2018 Series 6.4

Union with David Olusoga

Black and British: A Forgotten History

2016 Series 3.7

Africa Turns the Page: The Novels That Shaped a Continent

The Unwanted: The Secret Windrush Files

Our NHS: A Hidden History

The People's Piazza: A History of Covent Garden

Filmography

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2026

Finding Britain’s Slave Traders with David Olusoga

Acting (Self - Presenter) 2 EPProduction (Executive Producer) 2 EPWriting (Writer) 2 EP

Secrets of the Bayeux Tapestry: Inside the Museum

Acting (Historian)

Queen Elizabeth II: Her Story, Our Century

Acting (Self)

2025

Empire with David Olusoga

Acting (Presenter) 3 EPProduction (Executive Producer) 3 EPCreating (Creator)

The Celebrity Traitors

Acting (Self - Contestant) 9 EP

A Thousand Blows

Production (Executive Producer) 6 EP

2023

Union with David Olusoga

Acting (Presenter) 4 EPProduction (Executive Producer) 4 EPCreating (Creator)

David Harewood on Blackface

Acting (Himself)

2022

Harry & Meghan

Acting (Self) 4 EP

The People's Piazza: A History of Covent Garden

Acting (Himself - Presenter)

Remembers…

Acting 1 EPActing (Self) 1 EP

2021

The Felling of Colston

Acting (Self)

Our NHS: A Hidden History

Acting (Presenter)

Statue Wars: One Summer in Bristol

Production (Executive Producer)

Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer

Acting (Presenter) 4 EPCreating (Creator)

2020

Africa Turns the Page: The Novels That Shaped a Continent

Acting (Himself - Presenter)

2019

The Unwanted: The Secret Windrush Files

Acting (Presenter)

2018

Civilisations

Acting (Presenter) 2 EPActing 1 EP

A House Through Time

Acting (Self - Presenter) 24 EP

2016

Black and British: A Forgotten History

Acting (Self - Presenter) 4 EPWriting (Writer) 4 EP

2015

Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners

Acting (Presenter) 2 EP

Fighting for King and Empire: Britain's Caribbean Heroes

Acting (Narrator)

A Timewatch Guide

Acting (Self - Presenter) 2 EP

2005

Namibia: Genocide and the Second Reich

Camera (Director of Photography) Directing (Director)