A History of Britain by Simon Schama

  • : 2000
  • : 15
  • : 8
  • BBC One
  • Documentary History

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Forces of Nature (1780 - 1832)
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28, 2002
Britain never had the kind of revolution France experienced in 1789, but came close to it. This programme explains how 'the romantic generation' discovered the politics of sympathy with .. show full overview
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Victoria and Her Sisters (1830 - 1910)
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04, 2002
Queen Victoria came to the throne at the tender age of eighteen, to rule over a country in the throes of a painful but supercharged industrial transformation. Chaos and revolution had .. show full overview
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The Empire of Good Intentions (1830 - 1925)
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11, 2002
The British Empire promised peace, stability and prosperity but in Ireland and India it coincided with violence and famine. The programme examines the origins of agonies which continue .. show full overview
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The Two Winstons (1910 - present)
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18, 2002
Schama's last programme is a meditation on the place of the past in Britain's 20th-century history. Personified in the sharply different reactions of two of its greatest figures, .. show full overview

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