David Olusoga
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Celebrity Traitors
Self - Contestant
2025
Series
A House Through Time
Self - Presenter
2018
Series
Remembers…
2022
Series
Remembers…
Self
2022
Series
Harry & Meghan
Self
2022
Series
A Timewatch Guide
Self - Presenter
2015
Series
Civilisations
Presenter
2018
Series
Civilisations
2018
Film
Secrets of the Bayeux Tapestry: Inside the Museum
Historian
2026
Film
Queen Elizabeth II: Her Story, Our Century
Self
2026
Series
Finding Britain’s Slave Traders with David Olusoga
Self - Presenter
2026
Series
Black and British: A Forgotten History
Self - Presenter
2016
Series
Union with David Olusoga
Presenter
2023
Film
David Harewood on Blackface
Himself
2023
Our NHS: A Hidden History
Presenter
2021
Series
Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer
Presenter
2021
Series
Empire with David Olusoga
Presenter
2025
Series
Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners
Presenter
2015
Film
The People's Piazza: A History of Covent Garden
Himself - Presenter
2022
Film
The Unwanted: The Secret Windrush Files
Presenter
2019
Film
Africa Turns the Page: The Novels That Shaped a Continent
Himself - Presenter
2020
Film
Fighting for King and Empire: Britain's Caribbean Heroes
Narrator
2015
The Felling of Colston
Self
2021