Slavery
Who Do You Think You Are? Series 14, Noel Clarke. Video, 59 minutes
Noel Clarke visits the Caribbean to learn more about his family.
- AttributionBBC One
- Available for over a year
Open Country. The Dark Side of the Lune. Audio, 25 minutes
Ian Marchant explores the dark side of the Lune. The River Lune in Lancashire.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Documentary Podcast. Looking for Aunt Martha's Quilt. Audio, 50 minutes
In 1892, Liberian farmer Martha Ann Erskine Ricks presented Queen Victoria with a quilt
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
And the Academy Award Goes To... Series 7, 12 Years a Slave. Audio, 30 minutes
It takes an English director to tackle one the most horrific chapters in US history.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
File on 4 Investigates. Behind Closed Doors. Audio, 38 minutes
Are foreign domestic workers the forgotten victims of modern slavery in Britain?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Long View. Slave Labour and Consumer Power. Audio, 28 minutes
Jonathan Freedland examines current debates about ethical shopping and production.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Incarnations: India in 50 Lives. Malik Ambar: The Dark Fated One. Audio, 15 minutes
The life of the Ethiopian who arrived in India as a slave but rose to become a kingmaker.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
In Our Time. The Haitian Revolution. Audio, 47 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Haitian Revolution of 1791-1804.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
File on 4 Investigates. Street Slaves. Audio, 38 minutes
Modern-day slavery in the UK - how the homeless and vulnerable are used for cheap labour.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
In Our Time. Spartacus. Audio, 43 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Roman gladiator and rebel leader Spartacus.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Drama on 3. Curated by Mark Ravenhill, The Octoroon. Audio, 90 minutes
Dion Boucicault's classic melodrama about Abolition and the role of theatre in politics.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Sunday Feature. The American Civil War, Blockade Runners and Black Minstrels. Audio, 45 minutes
What did Britain do in the American Civil War? Louise Welsh investigates.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Sunday Feature. The American Civil War, The War of the North. Audio, 45 minutes
Dr Adam Smith explores the world of the North and its war.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Sunday Feature. The American Civil War, The War of the South. Audio, 45 minutes
Adam Smith explores the American South and the Civil War.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Crossing Continents. Uganda. Audio, 30 minutes
Investigating the human trafficking of Ugandan women to work as virtual slaves in Iraq.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
File on 4 Investigates. Domestic servitude. Audio, 40 minutes
Investigating the plight of foreign workers in the UK working in domestic servitude.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Monday Documentary. Freedom from Slavery in Mauritania. Audio, 22 minutes
Mauritania has a tradition of slavery going back centuries
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
In Our Time. Thoreau and the American Idyll. Audio, 45 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosopher and naturalist Henry David Thoreau.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
America, Empire of Liberty. Southern Planters and Black Slaves. Audio, 15 minutes
The English settled in Virginia and Maryland. Slaves from Africa were introduced.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
In Our Time. Wilberforce. Audio, 45 minutes
Melvyn Bragg examines the life of anti-slavery campaigner, William Wilberforce.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
In Our Time. Uncle Tom's Cabin. Audio, 45 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 19th century anti-slavery novel, 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
