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Civilisation

Civilisation

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Series Age rating: n/a Year: 1969 IMDB Rating: 8.7

Sir Kenneth Clarke guides us through the ages exploring the glorious rise of civilisation in western man. Beginning with the bleakness of the dark ages to the present day, we consider civilisation's a...

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Secrets of the Castle

Secrets of the Castle

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Series Age rating: n/a Year: 2014 IMDB Rating: 8.6

How do you build a medieval castle from scratch? Domestic historian Ruth Goodman and archeologists Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold make perhaps their most ambitious foray into the past as they head to Fran...

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A History of Britain

A History of Britain

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Series Age rating: n/a Year: 2000 IMDB Rating: 8.3

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 I...

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The Dark Ages: An Age of Light

The Dark Ages: An Age of Light

Series Age rating: n/a Year: 2012 IMDB Rating: 7.9

Christianity slowly emerged from being a persecuted minority to the state religion of the Roman Empire. This episode is a history of the ways believers grappled with a way to depict Jesus. Simple symb...

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The Silk Road

The Silk Road

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Series Age rating: n/a Year: 2016 IMDB Rating: 7.8

Dr Sam Willis reveals how the Silk Road was the world's first global superhighway where people with new ideas, new cultures and new religions made exchanges that shaped humanity.

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The Life of Muhammad

The Life of Muhammad

Series Age rating: 7 Year: 2011 IMDB Rating: 7.5

The Life of Muhammad is a 2011 British three-part documentary miniseries examining the life of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the origins of Islam. The documentary was directed by Faris Kermani, wri...

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