Aubrey Manning sets out on a journey to study the changing face of Britain's countryside
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Seven Ages of Britain is a BBC television documentary series which is written and presented by David Dimbleby. The seven part series was first aired on Sunday nights at 9:00pm on BBC One starting on 31 January 2010. The series covers the history of Britain's greatest art and artefacts over the past 2000 years. Each episode covers a different period in British history. In Australia, all seven episodes aired on ABC1 each Tuesday at 8:30pm from 7 September 2010.
Dr Alice Roberts follows a year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs and investigations the length of the country.
Series tracing the events of 1940, when Britain faced alone the threat of invasion and defeat by Hitler's forces.
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Documentary series that tells the stories of the extraordinary last survivors of the generation who fought or lived through World War II.
Investigating the most notorious murders ever to take place on the British railways. The cases start from 1864 with the the first murder on a British railway.
In an ambitious and groundbreaking approach to drama and history featuring dramatic reconstruction, historian Lucy Worsley time travels back to the Tudor Court to witness some of the most dramatic moments in the lives of Henry VIII's six wives.
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Jonathan Meades gives a personal perspective of British history.
Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history, its narrative-led storytelling offering a richly immersive and varied window onto the past.
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Historian Lucy Worsley presents a series marking the 200th anniversary of one of the most explosive and creative decades in British history, the Regency.
This is the true tale of the biggest scandal ever to engulf the British Royal Family – a forbidden love affair which had a devastating impact. This series recounts the story behind the ten days leading to Edward VIII abdicating his throne to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson. It would change the royals, the press and British history forever.
Part documentary, part historical drama, this series follows the fortunes of the different members of the Boleyn family, ultimately made notorious for daughter Anne’s marriage to Henry VIII and execution.
Presented by Dr Clare Jackson of Cambridge University, this new three-part series argues that the Stuarts, more than any other, were Britain's defining royal family.
Dominic Sandbrook takes a fresh look at a dynamic decade. 1980s Britain changed in everything from politics and sport to fashion and popular culture.
This series travels the length and breadth of Britain to find out how the Victorians built Britain. It uncovers the incredible and surprising stories behind iconic landmarks; discovers the hidden heroes behind the epic constructions; and finds out how the incredible advances made by the Victorians forged the world we live in today.
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6 episodes • 2000
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Weald | Sep 3, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Pembrokeshire Coast | Sep 10, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 3 | The Yorkshire Dales | Sep 17, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Fens | Sep 24, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 5 | The Cairngorms | Oct 1, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 6 | The Vale of Evesham | Oct 8, 2000 | 0.0 |