Andrew Marr's History of the World - Miniseries
1 - Survival
Air Date: September 23, 2012
How the earliest humans spread around the world, adapting and surviving against the odds.
2 - Age of Empire
Air Date: September 30, 2012
The story of the first empires which laid the foundations for the modern world.
3 - The Word and the Sword
Air Date: October 7, 2012
Charting the spiritual revolutions that shook the world between 300 BC and 700 AD.
4 - Into the Light
Air Date: October 14, 2012
The Middle Ages, when Vikings explored and pillaged.
5 - Age of Plunder
Air Date: October 21, 2012
Europe's rise from piracy to private enterprise.
6 - Revolution
Air Date: October 28, 2012
A time when people worldwide rose up in the name of freedom and equality.
7 - Age of Industry
Air Date: November 4, 2012
How Britain's Industrial Revolution created the modern world.
8 - Age of Extremes
Air Date: November 11, 2012
The atom bomb and other developments in the twentieth century – our age.