Two history-for-broadcast writers discuss their knack for uncovering the human truths behind familiar narratives, and for turning neglected lives into compelling, authentic stories, with history consultant David Olusoga. They consider the significance of history, and how the past should – and should not – be presented.
In The Secret History of the Blitz, Joshua Levine reveals a time of extremes of experience and behaviour. People were pulling together, but looters also prowled the night to prey on bomb victims. Levine was historical consultant for Steve McQueen’s new film Blitz.
Hallie Rubenhold is a historian and an award winning and bestselling author of The Five and Story of a Murder. She is also historical consultant for Disney’s A Thousand Blows and has had her nonfiction, The Covent Garden Ladies (Harlots) and Lady Worsley’s Whim (The Scandalous Lady W) adapted for television.
David Olusoga presented the BBC’s Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners and is author of Black and British. He is a historical consultant and executive producer on Hulu’s A Thousand Blows.
