HISTORY OF A HOME

A House Through Time, 9pm, BBC2

FIRST of a fascinating new series in which David Olusoga (pictured) explores the history of a single house, built b in Liverpool as a merchant’s residence at a time when the city was one of the British Empire’s great trading ports. Beginning in the 1840s, David uncovers the story of the first resident — a customs clerk with a taste for the high life.