UK historian, presenter David Olusoga launches new prodco with BBC Studios backing

UK historian, presenter David Olusoga launches new prodco with BBC Studios backing

UK-based historian and television presenter David Olusoga is launching his own production shingle, with backing from BBC Studios. Hillgate Films will focus on producing and developing “innovative and thought-provoking” docs, formats ...

David Olusoga launches prodco backed by BBC Studios

The company’s content will focus on history documentaries, formats and series David Olusoga has launched history-focused production company Hillgate Films, with a first-look distribution deal with BBC Studios. The content will centre on history documentaries, formats and series both, with and without Olusoga – best known for A House Through Time, Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners, Union, and Black and British: A Forgotten History and Union – as o…