David Olusoga
Acting1970Lagos, 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
Harry & Meghan
Self
Civilisations
Presenter
The Celebrity Traitors
Self - Contestant
Empire with David Olusoga
Presenter
A House Through Time
Self - Presenter
Black and British: A Forgotten History
Self - Presenter
Union with David Olusoga
Presenter
Africa Turns the Page: The Novels That Shaped a Continent
Himself - Presenter
Acting History
2025
The Celebrity Traitors
TVas Self - Contestant
Empire with David Olusoga
TVas Presenter
Empire with David Olusoga
TVExecutive Producer
A Thousand Blows
TVExecutive Producer
2023
David Harewood on Blackface
as Himself
Union with David Olusoga
TVas Presenter
Union with David Olusoga
TVExecutive Producer
2022
The People's Piazza: A History of Covent Garden
as Himself - Presenter
Remembers…
TVas Self
Harry & Meghan
TVas Self
2021
Our NHS: A Hidden History
as Presenter
The Felling of Colston
as Self
Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer
TVas Presenter
Statue Wars: One Summer in Bristol
Executive Producer
2020
Africa Turns the Page: The Novels That Shaped a Continent
as Himself - Presenter
2019
The Unwanted: The Secret Windrush Files
as Presenter
2018
Civilisations
TVas Presenter
A House Through Time
TVas Self - Presenter
2016
Black and British: A Forgotten History
TVas Self - Presenter
2015
A Timewatch Guide
TVas Self - Presenter
Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners
TVas Presenter
2005
Namibia: Genocide and the Second Reich
Director of Photography