British Histories: What’s Your Video Story?
British history is made up of millions of stories. It is a jigsaw of tales from all corners of the nation, of people travelling here from other places, of families that have lived here for generations, and of people who have moved from one end of the United Kingdom to the other, and have experienced a bit of Wales, Scotland, England and Northern Ireland.
So share your story about you and your family’s British history, whether it is a story about travel within the country or from outside, or about how you have lived in the same town for centuries.
Submit your video to the British Histories: What’s Your Story? page, marking it whatsyourstory(your first name/location). Upload your video to YouTube. If your video is already on YouTube, submit the video URL. We will review your submission and post a selection of videos on the site.
VIDEO: Doug Jefferson, England, Britain and Grimsby
Doug Jefferson from Spalding, Lincolnshire, is a proud Grimsby fan. Despite currently living in London, he still fanatically follows...
VIDEO: Riz Rehman, England and Britain
Riz Rehman's parents are from Pakistan and while he describes the country as close to his heart, he says...
VIDEO: Jonathan Collis, Wales and Britain
Jonathan Collis, 21, has not let any of the negative stereotypes some English people hold about the Welsh stop...
VIDEO: Arwel Williams, Wales
"I am Welsh. My mother and father are both Welsh, my grandparents are Welsh," explains Arwel Williams, who has...
VIDEO: Larry Rach, UK
Freedom is what Larry Rach most values when talking about Britain. "Being British affords us a whole different raft...
VIDEO: Jonny, Croydon
"Sport is one of the ways in which I think you can most see our identity," says Jonny Cope...
VIDEO: Harman, Watford
Fish and chips, punk, bad weather and sarcasm are just a few things that come to mind when Harman...
VIDEO: Mario, Croydon
Croydon fan Mario Creatura has Italian parents and says he has his hometown of Croydon and his family to...
VIDEO: Himesh, Britain
With parents from Gujarat in India, but born in Kenya and Zambia, EastEnders actor Himesh Patel has been able...
VIDEO: Warren, Dudley
BBC London journalist Warren Nettleford talks about his British identity. Coming from a small town and being quite aware...
VIDEO: Rachael, Northampton
Rachael returned to Northampton to find out more about the place where many of her family have lived and...
VIDEO: Lauren, Swindon
Though born in Swindon, Wiltshire, Lauren spent a lot of her childhood in Brazil and Malaysia. But being abroad...
VIDEO: Christie, Wales
Novelist Christie Watson talks about identifying with Wales and the inclination people have to asking her partner, rather than...
VIDEO: Ian, London
Columnist and foreign correspondent Ian Birrell talks about being educated in Scotland, having a Scottish, Irish and English heritage...
VIDEO: Richard, England
Richard was born in England, but moved to Florida at the age of two. "By the time I left...
VIDEO: Barbara, Scotland
Barbara tells the story of her British identity – from chasing locusts from her garden in Africa to teaching...
VIDEO: Bernadette, York
Bernadette sees herself as from York first and foremost, following generations of Yorkshire family before her. “I see myself...
VIDEO: Mandy, Yorkshire
Watching Britain from abroad during the summer riots, Mandy was led to question what had changed in Britain and...
VIDEO: Richard, York
“I was born and brought up in Devonshire, and lived there for 18 years.” But in spite of this,...
VIDEO: Paul, Yorkshire
“I’ve probably only moved 50 miles in my life…so I have a strong sense of belonging to and identifying...
VIDEO: Kathryn, Yorkshire
“I think of myself as a Yorkshire girl. I love living here.” Kathryn talks about living in the same house...
VIDEO: Promise, Brent
Promise associates Britishness with her local community of Brent. “Living in Brent represents what it means to be British,...
VIDEO: Trevor, London
Trevor believes that how we treat each other, and a civic sense of fairness is at the heart of...
VIDEO: Steve, East London
Steve grew up in East London and has lived in London his whole life. ” I was born within the...
VIDEO: Dipo, East London
Dipo moved from Nigeria at the age of ten to go to boarding school in the UK. “What made...
VIDEO: Mary, Britain
Mary has spent considerable time in both India and England, and now lives in Wales. “When I’m in India...
VIDEO: Bernadette, London
Bernadette has lived in England her whole life and has Irish heritage, but considers herself British. “The most important...
VIDEO: Anne, South London
Anne divides her life into two distinct parts, before and after her marriage. After travelling around the world for...
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