How God Made the English - Season 1

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A Chosen People?

1 - A Chosen People?

Air Date: March 17, 2012

Diarmaid MacCulloch explores what it means to be English. In this episode, he chronicles the roots of the idea that the English think themselves better than others.

A Tolerant People?

2 - A Tolerant People?

Air Date: March 24, 2012

Diarmaid MacCulloch explores what it means to be English. He challenges the commonly held assumption that the English have a long tradition of tolerance.

A White and Christian People?

3 - A White and Christian People?

Air Date: March 31, 2012

Diarmaid MacCulloch explores what it means to be English. In the final programme, he examines the idea that there is an ethnic core to Englishness.