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Britain’s Great War
Episode 1 - War Comes to Britain
- Broadcast
- 2014 (59 mins)
In the first of a four part landmark history series of how the First World War affected the lives of the British people - and created what we know as modern Britain - Jeremy Paxman traces the story of the...
Britain’s Great War
Episode 2 - The War Machine
- Broadcast
- 2014 (58 mins)
In the second part of his landmark series on how the First World War affected the lives of the British people - and created what we know as modern Britain - Jeremy Paxman describes the crisis facing the...
Britain’s Great War
Episode 3 - The Darkest Hour
- Broadcast
- 2014 (59 mins)
In the third part of his landmark series on how the First World War affected the lives of the British people - and created what we know as modern Britain - Jeremy Paxman tells the story of how Britain edges...
Britain’s Great War
Episode 4 - The Eleventh Hour
- Broadcast
- 2014 (59 mins)
In the final part of his landmark series on how the First World War affected the lives of the British people - and created what we know as modern Britain - Jeremy Paxman describes how the country comes to...
Andrew Marr’s History of the World
Episode 1 - Survival
- Broadcast
- 2012 (59 mins)
Starting with our origins in Africa 70,000 years ago, Marr traces the story of our nomadic ancestors as they spread out around the world and settled down to become the first farmers and townspeople. Marr...
Andrew Marr’s History of the World
Episode 2 - Age of Empire
- Broadcast
- 2012 (58 mins)
Andrew Marr tells the story of the first empires which laid the foundations for the modern world. From the Assyrian’s brutal King Sennacherib to the vast empire of Alexander the Great, conquerors rampaged...
Andrew Marr’s History of the World
Episode 3 - The Word and the Sword
- Broadcast
- 2012 (58 mins)
Andrew Marr plunges into the spiritual revolutions that shook the world between 300 BC and 700 AD. Through visiting Ashoka’s Vishali edict he sees how the bloody prince Ashoka of the Mauryan Empire...
Andrew Marr’s History of the World
Episode 4 - Into the Light
- Broadcast
- 2012 (59 mins)
Andrew Marr reaches the Middle Ages revealing how the Vikings explored and pillaged from Northern Europe to North America. The Vikings laid the foundations of powerful new trading states - including Russia....
Andrew Marr’s History of the World
Episode 5 - Age of Plunder
- Broadcast
- 2012 (57 mins)
Andrew Marr reveals the explosion of global capitalism that began with Christopher Columbus stumbling across America while searching for China. The search for Gold and spread of Christianity caused Europeans...
Andrew Marr’s History of the World
Episode 6 - Revolution
- Broadcast
- 2012 (58 mins)
In the 17th and 18th centuries, people across the world rose up in the name of freedom and equality against the power of the church and monarchy. Andrew Marr investigates the effects of the Enlightenment as...