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A History of Britain is a BBC documentary series written and presented by Simon Schama, first transmitted in the United Kingdom from 30 September 2000. A study of the history of the British Isles, each of the 15 episodes allows Schama to examine a particular period and tell of its events in his own style. All the programmes are of 59 minutes ...
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Series 1. View episodes. The Rest is History. An introduction to the documentary series A History of Britain. All episodes of A History of Britain by Simon Schama.
Beginnings. 1/7 Simon Schama visits the miraculously preserved Stone Age cottages of Skara Brae in Orkney. All episodes of Series 1.
England, which had subsumed Wales in the 16th century under Henry VIII, united with Scotland in 1707 to form a new sovereign state called Great Britain. [8][9][10] Following the Industrial Revolution, which started in England, Great Britain ruled a colonial Empire, the largest in recorded history.
Sep 29, 2000 · Watch A History of Britain (2000) online. Documentary series by Simon Schama telling the history of the British Isles through re-enactments and visiting historical sites.
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The history of the United Kingdom begins in 1707 with the Treaty of Union and Acts of Union. The core of the United Kingdom as a unified state came into being with the political union of the kingdoms of England and Scotland , [ 1 ] into a new unitary state called Great Britain .
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Sep 30, 2000 · 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.
