About this season
The previously untold history of Britain's mixed-race community and the many love stories that created it.
Episodes (3)
1. 1910-1939
Aired 6 October 2011 • 58 min
A history of Britain's mixed-race community. George Alagiah tells how Britain escaped laws preventing interracial marriage and the dangers of scientific racism and eugenics.
2. 1940-1965
Aired 13 October 2011 • 58 min
In the second of this three-part series, George Alagiah tells the story of the GI babies labelled war casualties, the boom in mixed-race couples following mass migration and how Sixties trendsetters crossed the racial divide.
3. 1965-2011
Aired 20 October 2011 • 58 min
In the last of this three-part series, George Alagiah tells the story of couples facing violence on the streets during the 70s, how adoption became a battleground and how mixed race became one of Britain's fastest growing ethnic groups.