A History of Britain - At the Edge of the World?

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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.

A History of Britain: Season 1 - 7 Episode s

1x1 - Beginnings (3100 BC - 1000 AD)
September 30, 2000
Simon Schama starts his story in the Stone Age village of Skara Brae, Orkney. Over the next four thousand years Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and Christian missionaries arrive, fight, settle and leave their mark on what will become the nations of Britain.
1x2 - Conquest! (1000 - 1087)
October 7, 2000
1066 is not the best remembered date in British history for nothing. In the space of nine hours whilst the Battle of Hastings raged, everything changed. Anglo-Saxon England became Norman and, for the next 300 years, its fate was decided by dynasties of French rulers.
1x3 - Dynasty (1087 - 1216)
October 14, 2000
There is no saga more powerful than that of the warring dynasty - domineering father, beautiful, scheming mother and squabbling, murderous sons and daughters, (particularly the nieces). In the years that followed the Norman Conquest, this was the drama played out on the stage of British history.
1x4 - Nations (1216 - 1348)
October 21, 2000
Nations is the epic account of how the nations of Britain emerged from under the hammer of England's "Longshanks" King Edward I, with a sense of who and what they were, which endures to this day.
1x5 - King Death (1348 - 1500)
October 28, 2000
It took only six years for the plague to ravage the British Isles. Its impact was to last for generations. But from the ashes of this trauma an unexpected and unique class of Englishman emerged.
1x6 - Burning Convictions (1500 - 1558)
November 4, 2000
Here Simon Schama charts the upheaval caused as a country renowned for its piety, whose king styled himself Defender of the Faith, turns into one of the most aggressive proponents of the new Protestant faith.
1x7 - The Body of the Queen (1558 - 1603)
November 11, 2000
This is the story of two queens - Elizabeth I the consummate politician and Mary Queen of Scots the Catholic mother. It is also the story of the birth of a nation.

A History of Britain - At the Edge of the World?

A History of Britain: Season 1 - 7 Episode s

1x1 - Beginnings (3100 BC - 1000 AD)

1x2 - Conquest! (1000 - 1087)

1x3 - Dynasty (1087 - 1216)

1x4 - Nations (1216 - 1348)

1x5 - King Death (1348 - 1500)

1x6 - Burning Convictions (1500 - 1558)

1x7 - The Body of the Queen (1558 - 1603)

A History of Britain: All seasons

S0: Specials

S1: At the Edge of the World?

S2: The British Wars

S3: The Fate of Empire