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Seven Ages of Britain

Seven Ages of Britain

★ 8.0/10•2010•1h 0m•Documentary
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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.

David Dimbleby · Writer

StatusEnded
Runtime1h 0m
LanguageEN
First Air DateJan 31, 2010

Episodes

Episode 1 - Age of ConquestE160m

Age of Conquest

For a thousand years, from Emperor Claudius to William the Conqueror, the British Isles were defined by invasion, each successive wave bringing something new to the mix. The Romans brought figurative art, the Anglo-Saxons epic poetry, the Normans monumental architecture.

Jan 31, 2010

Episode 2 - Age of Worship (1170-1400)E260m

Age of Worship (1170-1400)

In the Middle Ages, Britain was caught in a power struggle between the Crown and the Church. The two were reconciled in the code of chivalry which ordered devotion to one's king as well as God: a story revealed in the fabulous objects left in Britain's cathedrals and castles, or safeguarded in museums.

Feb 7, 2010

Episode 3 - Age of PowerE360m

Age of Power

From the Henry VIII's accession in 1509 to the last play of Shakespeare's Henry VIII, the Tudors dynasty used reformation, art, seamanship, and propaganda to the most powerful World empire.

Feb 14, 2010

Episode 4 - Age of Revolution (1603-1708)E460m

Age of Revolution (1603-1708)

In the 17th century, the people of Britain learnt to question everything. The result was Civil War, in which everyone, including artists, had to take sides. But out of it came a re-invented monarchy, a scientific revolution and, ultimately, the great Cathedral of St Paul's.

Feb 28, 2010

Episode 5 - Age Of Money (1700-1805)E560m

Age Of Money (1700-1805)

In the 1700's, the age of Commerce produced a new 'middle' class with new ant-puritan pleasure and novelty, a Golden Age in painting, and hero burial of Horatio Nelson, a commoner, at the St Paul's Cathedral.

Mar 7, 2010

Episode 6 - Age of EmpireE660m

Age of Empire

British Empire from 1750 to 1900 from America and India traces the descent from adventure and inspiration into moral bankruptcy as the Empire became a self-serving bureaucratic machine.

Mar 14, 2010

Episode 7 - Age of AmbitionE760m

Age of Ambition

Modern Britain from WWI to the 21st century, the empire gone, but ambition/pride of new scientific age stills make Great Britain one of the greatest powers and influences in the world.

Mar 21, 2010

Actors

David Dimbleby

David Dimbleby

Self - Presenter

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