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.

KNOWN FOR

The Celebrity Traitors
2025
A Thousand Blows
2025
Remembers…
2025
Harry & Meghan
2022
A House Through Time
2018
Civilisations
2018
A Timewatch Guide
2017
David Harewood on Blackface
2023
Our NHS: A Hidden History
2021
Queen Elizabeth II: Her Story, Our Century
2026
Secrets of the Bayeux Tapestry: Inside the Museum
2026
Finding Britain’s Slave Traders with David Olusoga
2026

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
22
Directing
1
Writing
2
Producing
5
Camera
1
2026
Queen Elizabeth II: Her Story, Our Century
as Self
2026
Secrets of the Bayeux Tapestry: Inside the Museum
as Historian
2026
Finding Britain’s Slave Traders with David Olusoga
as Self - Presenter
2025
The Celebrity Traitors
as Self - Contestant
2025
Empire with David Olusoga
as Presenter
2025
Remembers…
2024
Remembers…
as Self
2023
David Harewood on Blackface
as Himself
2023
Union with David Olusoga
as Presenter
2022
The People's Piazza: A History of Covent Garden
as Himself - Presenter
2022
Harry & Meghan
as Self
2021
The Felling of Colston
as Self
2021
Our NHS: A Hidden History
as Presenter
2021
Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer
as Presenter
2020
Africa Turns the Page: The Novels That Shaped a Continent
as Himself - Presenter
2019
The Unwanted: The Secret Windrush Files
as Presenter
2018
A House Through Time
as Self - Presenter
2018
Civilisations
as Presenter
2017
A Timewatch Guide
as Self - Presenter
2016
Black and British: A Forgotten History
as Self - Presenter
2015
Fighting for King and Empire: Britain's Caribbean Heroes
as Narrator
2015
Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners
as Presenter