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David Olusoga

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Gender Male
Age 54
Born Lagos
Nigeria
Movies/Shows Civilisations
The World's War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire
The Lost Pictures of Eugene Smith
A House Through Time
Date of birth January 1,1970
Awards Hessell-Tiltman Prize
NationalityBritish
Alma mater University of Liverpool
Books Black and British: A Forgotten History
Black and British: A Short Essential History
A House Through Time
The World's War
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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.

David Olusoga: ‘The UK is less equal than when I was young'

David Olusoga: ‘The UK is less equal than when I was young'
Sep 29,2023 9:11 pm

...By Lucy WallisBBC NewsThe United Kingdom is becoming less and less united, says historian David Olusoga - not just along its borders but within each of its four nations...

Bafta TV Awards: Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan prepare to host ceremony

Bafta TV Awards: Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan prepare to host ceremony
May 13,2023 11:51 pm

... Broadcaster and historian Professor David Olusoga will be the recipient of this year s special award, which recognises those who have made an outstanding contribution to television...

The Coronation: Six takeaways from a historic day

The Coronation: Six takeaways from a historic day
May 7,2023 5:50 am

... We re good at it, aren t we? Diversity and inclusionThe historian David Olusoga said there is an argument the ceremony makes us " more aware of how ancient, how, in some ways, unlike the country, these traditions are"...

Joshua Reynolds: Portrait of Mai (Omai) saved by US and UK funds

Joshua Reynolds: Portrait of Mai (Omai) saved by US and UK funds
Apr 25,2023 8:40 am

... Support for the campaign also came from leading artists Sir Antony Gormley, Rebecca Salter and Richard Deacon and historians Simon Schama, David Olusoga and Simon Sebag-Montefiore...

Harry and Meghan: Does Netflix's documentary live up to the hype?

Harry and Meghan: Does Netflix's documentary live up to the hype?
Dec 8,2022 7:20 pm

... Historian and TV presenter David Olusoga describes the optimism many Britons of colour (and others) felt about Meghan s arrival into the heart of the Royal Family...

Nick Robinson: The 'tap tap' amid the silence of Westminster Hall

Nick Robinson: The 'tap tap' amid the silence of Westminster Hall
Sep 15,2022 1:20 pm

... As Prof David Olusoga told me on the Today programme this morning, this is surprising and yet it is not unusual...

Glastonbury: Sir Lenny Henry discusses festival diversity

Glastonbury: Sir Lenny Henry discusses festival diversity
Jun 14,2022 3:35 pm

... He said: " It s great to have David Olusoga on television talking about black British history that goes back to Hadrian s Wall...

Joy Division and Coronation Street treasures launch British Pop Archive

Joy Division and Coronation Street treasures launch British Pop Archive
Apr 6,2022 8:15 am

... Documentary-maker David Olusoga, who is professor of public history at the University of Manchester, described the Granada archive, which spans the 1950s to the 1990s, as " a major record of a crucial era in TV history"...

Bafta TV Awards: Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan prepare to host ceremony

Jan 6,2022 4:15 pm

By Steven McIntoshEntertainment reporter

Stars of The small screen are preparing for The Bafta TV Awards, which will be held in London later.

This is Going to Hurt and The Responder while Daniel Radcliffe , Kate Winslet and Lesley Manville are up for acting prizes.

Comedians Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan will host proceedings from London's Royal Festival Hall .

Lewis Capaldi and Jax Jones will perform at The Ceremony , which is broadcast on Bbc One from 20:00 BST.

The Event follows The Bafta TV Craft Awards, which saw This is Going to Hurt and House of The Dragon take home three prizes each.

Ben Whishaw is up for Best Actor for playing a doctor in The adaptation of Adam Kay 's best-selling memoir This is Going to Hurt.

He will go up against Martin Freeman , who is shortlisted for playing a Police Officer in his Liverpool-set drama The Responder.

The Most recent series of Happy Valley was broadcast Too Late to be eligible for this year's ceremony, but its star Sarah Lancashire is nominated for her performance in another series.

She is up for best leading actress for her portrayal of US TV chef Julia Child in The HBO drama Julia.

Radcliffe is nominated for best male comedy performance for his portrayal of Weird Al Yankovic in The biopic of The US musical comedian.

Manville is recognised for her performance in James Graham 's Sherwood, about lingering divisions in a Nottinghamshire mining village following The Strike of The 1980s.

Winslet is nominated for I Am Ruth, in which she played A Mother increasingly concerned about her teenage daughter's depression.

Cillian Murphy , Imelda Staunton , Gary Oldman , Taron Egerton , Maxine Peake , Billie Piper and Vicky Mcclure are among The Other acting nominees.

Some of The biggest TV hits of The year can be found in The International category, with nominations for Wednesday, The White Lotus , The Bear and Dahmer - Monster : The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.

Joe Lycett vs Beckham: Got Your Back At Xmas - which saw The Comedian criticise The former footballer for his links with Qatar - is nominated in The Features category.

Memorable moments

The nominations were announced in March, with The Shortlist for this year's memorable moment category following in April.

Nominees in that category include The Derry Girls finale, Paddington meeting The Queen for her Platinum Jubilee, and Nick and Charlie's first kiss on Netflix's Heartstopper.

The Other TV highlights nominated for most memorable moment are The Final roundtable of The Traitors , Max being rescued from Vecna in Stranger Things , and Sir Mo Farah revealing he was illegally trafficked to The UK.

Broadcaster and historian Professor David Olusoga will be The recipient of this year's Special award, which recognises those who have made an outstanding contribution to television.

The Ceremony will open with a performance from DJ and producer Jax Jones of his track Where Did You Go.

Later, Lewis Capaldi will deliver The First TV performance of his Number One single Wish You The Best .

It Follows The recent release of Capaldi's feature-length music documentary How I'm Feeling Now.

Other attendees on Sunday will include Ant & Dec, Claudia Winkleman , Daisy May Cooper, Greg Davies , Sharon Horgan and Susanna Reid .

David Tennant , Catherine Tate , Dame Harriet Walter , Dannii Minogue , Danny Dyer , Golda Rosheuvel , Adrian Lester , Motsi Mabuse , Oti Mabuse , Rebecca Ferguson and Roisin Conaty will all present prizes.

Best daytime controversy

There was some controversy around The Best daytime category, after author and former Pointless co-host Richard Osman criticised The small number of nominees.

Just three shows are nominated for best daytime, including One - The Repair Shop's royal Special - which aired at 20:00.

" Daytime TV punches far above its weight in terms of ratings, cost and popularity, " " To have only two daytime shows on this list is a bit of a Kick In The Teeth for producers.

" If I made Bridge Of Lies, Homes Under The Hammer , Come Dine With Me, Lingo etc. I think I'd feel robbed. Why bother having The category? "

Osman said TV can be a " snobbish industry sometimes" adding: " I love all three of those nominated shows (but The Brilliant Repair Shop was on at 8pm). "

A Bafta spokesman told Bbc News having three nomination slots is normal practice for categories with fewer than 20 submissions, adding The Repair Shop: A Royal Visit " was deemed eligible by Bafta's TV committee because it was originally commissioned by Daytime and for its volume of output as a series".

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