A History of Britain

Name: A History of Britain
Released: 2000
Rating: 8.4

2000 · TV · Latest ep Jun 18, 2002

60 min per episode English Scripted Ended

14 votes

Documentary

Stretching from the Stone Age to the year 2000, Simon Schama's Complete History of Britain does not pretend to be a definitive chronicle of the turbulent events which buffeted and shaped the British Isles. What Schama does do, however, is tell the story in vivid and gripping narrative terms, free…

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Cast, directors & writers

Michael Kitchen

Reader

Lindsay Duncan

Reader

Clare Beavan

Director

Liz Hartford

Director

Martina Hall

Director

Ian Bremner

Director

Tim Kirby

Director

Mike Ibeji

Director

Jamie Muir

Director

Jamie Muir

Director

Martin Davidson

Director

Paul Tilzey

Director

Simon Schama

Writer

Keywords

queen elizabeth i britain british history ancient britain jacobite rebellion stonehenge

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