A History of Britain-Tv

Popularity: 9.1952

Stretching from the Stone Age to the year 2000, Simon Schama's Complete History of Britain does not pretend to be a definitive chronicle of the turbulent events which buffeted and shaped the British Isles. What Schama does do, however, is tell the story in vivid and gripping narrative terms, free of...

First Air Date: 2000-09-30

Last Air Date: 2002-06-18

Status: Ended

Number of Seasons: 3

Number of Episodes: 15

Genre:

Documentary

Production Companies: BBC

Cast

Simon Schama

Self - Presenter

Michael Kitchen

Reader

Lindsay Duncan

Reader

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Seasons

At the Edge of the World?

2000-09-30 • Episodes: 7

The story of Britain from the earliest settlements in 3000 BC to the death of Elizabeth I in 1603. To look back at the past is to understand the present. In this vivid account of over 4,000 years of British history, Simon Schama takes us on an epic journey which encompasses the very beginnings of the nation's identity, when the first settlers landed on Orkney.