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George Alagiah: Mixed Britannia

  • 2011
  • Ended
  • Documentary
  • 1 season

The previously untold history of Britain's mixed-race community and the many love stories that created it.

Latest: Season 1 · 2011

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  1. E1. 1910-1939

    Oct 6, 2011 · 58m

    A history of Britain's mixed-race community. George Alagiah tells how Britain escaped laws preventing interracial marriage and the dangers of scientific racism and eugenics.

  2. E2. 1940-1965

    Oct 13, 2011 · 58m

    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.

  3. E3. 1965-2011

    Oct 20, 2011 · 58m

    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.