A HOUSE THROUGH TIME

BBC Two, 9.00pm

David Olusoga’s ingeniously simple history format – tracing the past of a single residential building, uncovering remarkable stories along the way – was a hit with critics, viewers and awards judges alike when it debuted in 2018. Now it’s back for a third run and promises to be equally riveting, especially with us all locked down in our own dwellings. The property to get Olusoga’s painstaking treatment is an 18th-century sea captain’s house in the historian’s adopted home city of Bristol:

No 10 Guinea Street.

The address itself is a clue – the street is named after West Africa’s Guinea

Coast, a hub of the international slave trade. Bristol’s docks were a major port in the trafficking of African slaves to Caribbean sugar plantations. From here Olusoga discovers dramatic stories of piracy, peril and revenge. There’s a foundling baby, a daring runaway slave and an abolition protest on the doorstep. This all adds up to a fascinating tale which takes the series further back than it’s ever gone, connecting the wider picture to individual lives. It serves as a vivid reminder of the social history hidden all around us. As Olusoga says: “Every house in Britain has a story to tell.” Michael Hogan

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Behind closed doors: David Olusoga at No 10 Guinea Street

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