3 Season
15 Episode
A History of Britain - Season 1 Episode 1 Beginnings (3100 BC - 1000 AD)
Simon Schama starts his story in the Stone Age village of Skara Brae, Orkney. Over the next four thousand years Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and Christian missionaries arrive, fight, settle and leave their mark on what will become the nations of Britain.
- Year: 2002
- Country: United Kingdom
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: BBC Two
- Keyword: queen elizabeth i, britain, ancient britain, jacobite rebellion, stonehenge
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- Cast: Simon Schama, Michael Kitchen, Lindsay Duncan