A History of Britain
A comprehensive historical survey of the British Isles.
Genre: Documentary, History
Cast:Simon Schama , Michael Kitchen , Samuel West , Lindsay Duncan , David Threlfall , George Anton , Emilia Fox , Matthew Rhys , Christian Rodska , Gerry O'Brien , Timothy West , Anthony Bate , Bill Paterson , Charles Dance , Oliver Ford Davies , Heathcote Williams , Paul Freeman , David Carey
S3.E1 ∙ Forces of Nature
The French Revolution sent shock-waves through Britain. While some watched transfixed, others were horrified. Simon Schama explores why the British proved immune to the siren call of liberty, equality and fraternity.
S3.E2 ∙ Victoria and Her Sisters
She began the century that bears her name a princess and ended it as an empress. Queen Victoria ruled one of the most powerful empires in world history during a century of staggering change - for both good and bad.
S3.E3 ∙ The Empire of Good Intentions
Simon Schama looks at how the liberal politics and free-market economics of the British Empire in the 19th century unraveled, leading to the potato famine in Ireland and mutiny in India.
S3.E4 ∙ The Two Winstons
Simon Schama tackles the 20th century through the lives of two men - Winston Churchill and George Orwell. Both men, so very different in almost every way, lived through and wrote about the key moments of British 20th-century life.
