Miniseries
2012-09-23
8 Episodes
Episodes
1. Survival
2012-09-23
How the earliest humans spread around the world, adapting and surviving against the odds.
2. Age of Empire
2012-09-30
The story of the first empires which laid the foundations for the modern world.
3. The Word and the Sword
2012-10-07
Charting the spiritual revolutions that shook the world between 300 BC and 700 AD.
4. Into the Light
2012-10-14
The Middle Ages, when Vikings explored and pillaged.
5. Age of Plunder
2012-10-21
Europe's rise from piracy to private enterprise.
6. Revolution
2012-10-28
A time when people worldwide rose up in the name of freedom and equality.
7. Age of Industry
2012-11-04
How Britain's Industrial Revolution created the modern world.
8. Age of Extremes
2012-11-11
The atom bomb and other developments in the twentieth century – our age.