Mixed Britannia

All Episodes 2011

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  • 2011-10-06T20:00:00Z
  • 1h
  • 3h (3 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • Documentary
The previously untold history of Britain's mixed-race community and the many love stories that created it.

3 episodes

Series Premiere

2011-10-06T20:00:00Z

1x01 1910-1939

Series Premiere

1x01 1910-1939

  • 2011-10-06T20:00:00Z1h

In the first of this three-part series, George Alagiah tells the story of romance in the First World War between female workers and foreign seamen, the street riots it led to, and how Britain just escaped laws preventing mixed marriage and the excesses of race science.

2011-10-13T20:00:00Z

1x02 1940-1965

1x02 1940-1965

  • 2011-10-13T20:00:00Z1h

In the second of this three-part series, George Alagiah tells the story of the GI babies labelled war casualties, the boom in mixed-race couples following mass migration and how Sixties trendsetters crossed the racial divide.

2011-10-20T20:00:00Z

1x03 1965-2011

1x03 1965-2011

  • 2011-10-20T20:00:00Z1h

In the last of this three-part series, George Alagiah tells the story of couples facing violence on the streets during the 70s, how adoption became a battleground and how mixed race became one of Britain's fastest growing ethnic groups.

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