![]() ![]() Olusoga said British TV was a medium dominated by the well-connected and the privileged. He regularly contributes to the Guardian, including for the recent series Cotton Capital, which investigates the Guardian founders’ links to slavery and the impact of the slave trade in Britain and the world. ”Ī professor of public history at the University of Manchester, Olusoga is also the author of seven books including Black and British: a Forgotten History, The World’s War, and A House Through Time. “So having been lucky enough to made programmes that have similarly impacted other people’s lives and broadened their horizons is an astonishing privilege, far beyond anything I dreamed of when I first entered the industry in the late 1990s. ![]() It was watching David Attenborough that inspired me to go backpacking in my 20s to see the natural world. Olusoga said: “It was watching Michael Wood when I was a teenager that made me want to be a historian. He said his own experiences taught him that television – particularly factual TV – could change lives and broaden horizons. ![]()
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