David Olusoga's Empire exposes the BBC's history problem

While the BBC’s mis-editing of Donald Trump’s words has dominated the headlines, less attention has been paid to another example of the corporation’s bias: its coverage of history. The BBC’s latest blockbuster history series, Empire , fronted by David Olusoga, shows the extent of the problem.

This slanted and biased version of history is nothing new

No one watching these three programmes, which were broadcast this month, could be in any doubt that a negative view of British history pervades everything. The series is not a balanced history of the empire, but rather a collection of some of its most controversial and violent episodes. When Olusoga himself isn’t telling us what to think, we switch to a panel of largely young people (whose backgrounds and qualifications for reflection are n