Union with David Olusoga

Series 1

2023 · 4 episodes · 3h 56m in all · 2.8/10

Episodes

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   1. The Making of Britain - 1603-1707

   2 Oct 2023 · 59 min · 3.0/10

   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.

2. 

   2. Creating Britishness

   9 Oct 2023 · 59 min · 2.7/10

   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.

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   3. The Two Nations

   16 Oct 2023 · 59 min · 2.7/10

   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.

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   4. Union and Disunion

   23 Oct 2023 · 59 min · 3.0/10

   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.