George Alagiah: Mixed Britannia
George Alagiah: Mixed Britannia: Season 1

Air Date

October 6, 2011

Episodes

3 episodes

George Alagiah: Mixed Britannia

Season 1

Episodes

1910-1939

1. 1910-1939

October 6, 2011
58 min

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.

1940-1965

2. 1940-1965

October 13, 2011
58 min

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.

1965-2011

3. 1965-2011

October 20, 2011
58 min

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.