David Olusoga
Director
Union with David Olusoga (2023)
Series 1
National identity, social class, inequality. David Olusoga shines a light on our fractured modern society through the lens of the past, exposing the fault lines dividing the UK.
Released Oct. 2, 2023
Episode 59 min
None+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: tmdb.politics, tmdb.identity, tmdb.constitution, tmdb.united-kingdom, tmdb.culture, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.tv-mini-series + 5 more, imdb.united-kingdom, imdb.national-identity, imdb.social-class, imdb.inequality, mdblist.imdb-tv-mini-series
Watch Providers: BritBox, Britbox Apple TV Channel , BBC Select Apple Tv channel
Production Companies: Wall to Wall
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
4.0
S1E1 - The Making of Britain - 1603-1707
David Olusoga tells the story of attempts to form a united Britain in the 17th and early 18th centuries, a period defined by religious and cultural divisions.
Oct. 2, 2023, midnight
3.5
S1E2 - Creating Britishness
David Olusoga reveals how, in the 18th century, a new British identity was forged in the face of multiple threats from within - including the Jacobite rebellions in Scotland and an Irish revolution in 1798, and near-constant war with France.
Oct. 9, 2023, midnight
3.5
S1E3 - The Two Nations
The 19th-century union appears secure, but beneath the surface run deep divisions, leading to the emergence of a new working-class movement - and a catastrophic famine in Ireland.
Oct. 16, 2023, midnight
4.0
S1E4 - Union and Disunion
The 20th century sees partition in Ireland. A sense of national unity emerges in the aftermath of the Second World War, but economic challenges in the 1970s create new divisions and questions about the union’s future.
Oct. 23, 2023, midnight
Network: BBC Two
Episode Runtime: 59 min.
Season Runtime: 236 min.
Released: Oct. 2, 2023
Last Air Date: Oct. 23, 2023, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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