01. Survival
How the earliest humans spread around the world, adapting and surviving against the odds.
50min
September 23, 2012
02. Age of Empire
The story of the first empires which laid the foundations for the modern world.
50min
September 30, 2012
03. The Word and the Sword
Charting the spiritual revolutions that shook the world between 300 BC and 700 AD.
50min
October 7, 2012
04. Into the Light
The Middle Ages, when Vikings explored and pillaged.
50min
October 14, 2012
05. Age of Plunder
Europe's rise from piracy to private enterprise.
50min
October 21, 2012
06. Revolution
A time when people worldwide rose up in the name of freedom and equality.
50min
October 28, 2012
07. Age of Industry
How Britain's Industrial Revolution created the modern world.
50min
November 4, 2012
08. Age of Extremes
The atom bomb and other developments in the twentieth century – our age.
50min
November 11, 2012