Black-British TV Actor/Comedian Gary Beadle presents a journey of discovery, from the Napoleonic Wars to the grand imperial age. He visits archives, museums and historical sites in Jamaica, Barbados, Liverpool, London and Windsor; revealing a vital missing chapter in the making of modern Britain. The hidden history of the West India Regiment. This is a dramatic and compelling narrative that meets curriculum requirements from a multicultural perspective. This Learning Resource centres on the hidden history of thousands of African men, lifted from slavery in North America and the Caribbean, to lead a journey to Black citizenship in the New World - as the equals of their White comrades in arms. 'The First Black Britons' consists of 3 x 18 minute episodes. For further details of the resource, do please have a look at their website: www.sweetpatootee.co.uk