Seven Ages of Britain (2003 TV series)

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Seven Ages of Britain
Presented by Bettany Hughes
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes7 (list of episodes)
Release
Original network Channel 4
Original release15 November (2003-11-15) 
20 December 2003 (2003-12-20)

Seven Ages of Britain is a 2003 British documentary television series. [1] The seven part series was shown by Channel 4 between 15 November and 20 December 2003.

Contents

Episodes

Episode numberTitleAirdate
1The First Age 6000 BC – 1000 BC15 November 2003
2The Second Age 1000 BC – 43 AD22 November 2003
3The Third Age 43 AD – 410 AD29 November 2003
4The Fourth Age 410 AD – 1066 AD6 December 2003
5The Fifth Age 1066 AD – 1350 AD13 December 2003
6The Sixth Age 1350 AD – 1530 AD20 December 2003
7The Seventh Age 1530 AD – 1700 AD20 December 2003

2010 BBC series by the same title

The BBC aired a later series by the same title in 2010 presented by David Dimbleby and covering a narrower time period.

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References

  1. "Seven Ages of Britain". BFI. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2010.