{"id":5035,"date":"2026-04-06T05:13:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T05:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/how-the-irish-famine-impacted-ireland-forever-union-bbc\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T05:13:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T05:13:43","slug":"how-the-irish-famine-impacted-ireland-forever-union-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/how-the-irish-famine-impacted-ireland-forever-union-bbc\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Irish famine impacted Ireland forever | Union &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8W3ykqW3WK0?autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>&#8220;The famine is an open wound in Ireland.&#8221; In 1846, millions of poor Irish people faced starvation. The Irish famine still has impacts today.<\/p>\n<p>#Union with David Olusoga #iPlayer<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe and \ud83d\udd14 to the BBC \ud83d\udc49 https:\/\/bit.ly\/BBCYouTubeSub<br \/>\nWatch the BBC first on iPlayer \ud83d\udc49 https:\/\/bbc.in\/iPlayer-Home<\/p>\n<p>The future of the\u202fUnion\u202fis today at greater threat than at any time in living memory. In this ambitious four-part, landmark series\u202fDavid Olusoga\u202funcovers the\u202flong history of\u202funion\u202fand disunion, tracing their origins back centuries.<br \/>\nThe fracture lines of our current division run along the borders between the &#8216;home nations&#8217; but we are also disunited by social class and inequality, by England&#8217;s north-south divide and the historic dominance of London. Our disunity can be told through the historic rise and fall of what are today called &#8216;left-behind towns&#8217; and the long history of our rural-urban divide.<\/p>\n<p>David\u2019s own\u202fpersonal experience connect him to several regions\u202fof the UK, each\u202fwith their own strong identities. He grew up in a working-class community in the North East of England, a politically independent region with an antipathy towards London. And as a mixed-race child who came Britain in the 1970s, he has seen for himself how complex and nuanced the relationship between the individual and the nations of the UK can be.<\/p>\n<p>#Union with David Olusoga #iPlayer<\/p>\n<p>All our TV channels and S4C are available to watch live through BBC iPlayer, although some programmes may not be available to stream online due to rights. If you would like to read more on what types of programmes are available to watch live, check the &#8216;Are all programmes that are broadcast available on BBC iPlayer?&#8217; FAQ \ud83d\udc49 https:\/\/bbc.in\/2m8ks6v.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8W3ykqW3WK0\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The famine is an open wound in Ireland.&#8221; In 1846, millions of poor Irish people faced starvation. The Irish famine still has impacts today. #Union with David Olusoga #iPlayer Subscribe and \ud83d\udd14 to the BBC \ud83d\udc49 https:\/\/bit.ly\/BBCYouTubeSub Watch the BBC first on iPlayer \ud83d\udc49 https:\/\/bbc.in\/iPlayer-Home The future of the\u202fUnion\u202fis today at greater threat than at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":5036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[60,586,587,585,589,590,588],"class_list":["post-5035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history","tag-bbc-iplayer","tag-british-tv","tag-british-tv-shows","tag-united-kingdom","tag-watch-british-tv-online","tag-watch-british-tv-shows-online","tag-watch-uk-tv-online","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}