Black History Month 2020: Alison Hammond: Back To School

October 21, 2020

ITV have produced a documentary in which Birmingham’s own Alison Hammond goes on the ultimate school history trip with a twist. In her own unique and inimitable style, Alison travels the length and breadth of Britain to key historical sites – from Hadrian’s Wall to Hampton Court looking at the history we’re all taught in schools, but from a different angle. Revelatory and personal, the journey uncovers black figures throughout the ages who have been overlooked from the pages of British history and school textbooks. Alison is given an insight into the significance of black people in Britain’s history by experts who open her eyes to a new perspective on our country’s past and explores our current teaching of history in schools.

Do check it out on the ITV Hub https://www.itv.com/hub/alison-hammond-back-to-school/10a0623a0001