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How God Made the English | |
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Genre | Documentary |
Directed by | Anna Cox (episodes 1 and 2) Gillian Bancroft (episode 3) |
Presented by | Diarmaid MacCulloch |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 3 (list of episodes) |
Original release | |
Network | BBC Two |
Release | 17 March – 31 March 2012 |
How God Made the English was a British documentary series about the English national identity and its history. [1] It was shown on BBC Two and hosted by historian Diarmaid MacCulloch. [1]
# | Title [2] | Director and Producer | Air date [2] |
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1 | "A Chosen People?" | Anna Cox | 17 March 2012 |
2 | "A Tolerant People?" | Anna Cox | 24 March 2012 |
3 | "A White and Christian People?" | Gillian Bancroft | 31 March 2012 |
In the first episode Bede’s history is suggested as the origin of the English identity as a Chosen people by God.