Dr Zareer Masani has an Oxford history doctorate and is the author of four historical books, including a widely acclaimed biography of the former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. He spent two decades as a current affairs producer for the BBC and remains a freelance broadcaster on BBC Radio.

Darren Grimes asks Dr Masani to give his opinion on Sadiq Khan's new statue-toppling commission, his former employer the BBC, how to teach British history and what the British Empire gave the world.

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