Miniseries

1. Survival

How the earliest humans spread around the world, adapting and surviving against the odds.

2012-09-23 • 50 min

2. Age of Empire

The story of the first empires which laid the foundations for the modern world.

2012-09-30 • 50 min

3. The Word and the Sword

Charting the spiritual revolutions that shook the world between 300 BC and 700 AD.

2012-10-07 • 50 min

4. Into the Light

The Middle Ages, when Vikings explored and pillaged.

2012-10-14 • 50 min

5. Age of Plunder

Europe's rise from piracy to private enterprise.

2012-10-21 • 50 min

6. Revolution

A time when people worldwide rose up in the name of freedom and equality.

2012-10-28 • 50 min

7. Age of Industry

How Britain's Industrial Revolution created the modern world.

2012-11-04 • 50 min

8. Age of Extremes

The atom bomb and other developments in the twentieth century – our age.

2012-11-11 • 50 min