Cast & creator
David Olusoga
Best known for The Celebrity Traitors, A Thousand Blows, Remembers…
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.
12
film credits
22
television credits
22
2005–2026 · acting roles
4.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (34)
Showing 34 of 34 credits
The Celebrity Traitors
Self - Contestant
2025
A Thousand Blows
Executive Producer
2025
Remembers…
2022Remembers…
Self
2022
A House Through Time
Self - Presenter
2018
Harry & Meghan
Self
2022
A Timewatch Guide
Self - Presenter
2015
Civilisations
Presenter
2018
David Harewood on Blackface
Himself
2023Our NHS: A Hidden History
Presenter
2021
Queen Elizabeth II: Her Story, Our Century
Self
2026
Secrets of the Bayeux Tapestry: Inside the Museum
Historian
2026
Finding Britain’s Slave Traders with David Olusoga
Self - Presenter
2026Finding Britain’s Slave Traders with David Olusoga
Executive Producer
2026Finding Britain’s Slave Traders with David Olusoga
Writer
2026
Union with David Olusoga
Presenter
2023Union with David Olusoga
Executive Producer
2023Union with David Olusoga
Creator
2023
Empire with David Olusoga
Presenter
2025Empire with David Olusoga
Executive Producer
2025Empire with David Olusoga
Creator
2025
Black and British: A Forgotten History
Self - Presenter
2016Black and British: A Forgotten History
Writer
2016
Statue Wars: One Summer in Bristol
Executive Producer
2021
Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer
Presenter
2021Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer
Creator
2021Namibia: Genocide and the Second Reich
Director of Photography
2005Namibia: Genocide and the Second Reich
Director
2005
Africa Turns the Page: The Novels That Shaped a Continent
Himself - Presenter
2020
Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners
Presenter
2015
The Unwanted: The Secret Windrush Files
Presenter
2019The Felling of Colston
Self
2021
The People's Piazza: A History of Covent Garden
Himself - Presenter
2022
Fighting for King and Empire: Britain's Caribbean Heroes
Narrator
2015