A History of Ancient Britain

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  • BBC Two
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Age of Ice
Episode overview
Neil Oliver travels back to ice age Britain as he begins the epic story of how our land and its people came to be over thousands of years of ancient history. This week sees a struggle .. show full overview
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Age of Ancestors
Episode overview
Neil Oliver continues the story of how today's Britain and its people were forged over thousands of years of ancient history. It's 4,000 BC and the first farmers arrive from Europe, with seismic consequences for the local hunter-gatherers.
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Age of Cosmology
Episode overview
Nigel takes a look at one of the most mysterious periods in the country’s history a time that saw the building of vast stone circles, passage tombs and Stonehenge itself.
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Age of Bronze
Episode overview
Neil Oliver reaches the end of his epic tour of our most distant past with the arrival of metals and the social revolution that ushered in a new age of social mobility, international trade, and village life.