Escaping Idi Amin
2026 · BBC iPlayer · 58 min · 1 season
S01E01 · Episode 1
Mon, 26 Oct, 5:00 pm
In 1972, Ugandan dictator Idi Amin announces a plan to throw all Asians out of the country within 90 days. Will they be able to flee on their British passports?
About
A brutal dictator orders 80,000 people to leave the country within 90 days or face the consequences. Many have British passports. As the deadline looms, will Britain help?
Episodes
- E01
Episode 1
Mon, 26 Oct, 5:00 pm· 58 minIn 1972, Ugandan dictator Idi Amin announces a plan to throw all Asians out of the country within 90 days. Will they be able to flee on their British passports?
- E02
Episode 2
Mon, 26 Oct, 5:00 pm· 58 minEighty thousand Ugandan Asians suffer brutal repression at the hands of Idi Amin's regime as Britain races to organise a mass evacuation before the 90-day deadline runs out.
Cast
Priyanga Burford
Narrator