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Divine Women
Episode 1 - When God Was A Girl
- Broadcast
- 2012 (59 mins)
In this three part series historian, Bettany Hughes sets out on an epic journey across continents and back in time to trace the hidden and, often controversial, history of women in religion. From Ancient...
Divine Women
Episode 2 - Handmaids of the Gods
- Broadcast
- 2012 (58 mins)
Award winning historian Bettany Hughes continues her journey into the hidden and controversial history of women’s place in religion. This week she uncovers the lost era of the priestess. She delves into...
Divine Women
Episode 3 - The War of the Word
- Broadcast
- 2012 (59 mins)
Award winning historian Bettany Hughes discovers how the period known as the Dark Ages was in fact a golden age for a few remarkable women. She finds that education and the written word became vital tools...
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...
Andrew Marr’s History of the World
Episode 7 - Age of Industry
- Broadcast
- 2012 (58 mins)
Andrew Marr tells how Britain’s Industrial Revolution created the modern world with inventors such as James Watt and George Stevenson improving the steam engines and railways. Trade with China was opened...