Andrew Marr's History of the World

Overview

Andrew Marr's History of the World is a 2012 BBC documentary television series presented by Andrew Marr that covers 70,000 years of world history from the beginning of human civilisation, as African nomadic peoples spread out around the world and settled down to become the first farmers, up to the twentieth century.

Episodes

Survival

S01E01 Survival

September 23, 2012 5.0 50 min
How the earliest humans spread around the world, adapting and surviving against the odds.
Age of Empire

S01E02 Age of Empire

September 30, 2012 5.0 50 min
The story of the first empires which laid the foundations for the modern world.
The Word and the Sword

S01E03 The Word and the Sword

October 7, 2012 5.0 50 min
Charting the spiritual revolutions that shook the world between 300 BC and 700 AD.
Into the Light

S01E04 Into the Light

October 14, 2012 5.0 50 min
The Middle Ages, when Vikings explored and pillaged.
Age of Plunder

S01E05 Age of Plunder

October 21, 2012 5.0 50 min
Europe's rise from piracy to private enterprise.
Revolution

S01E06 Revolution

October 28, 2012 5.0 50 min
A time when people worldwide rose up in the name of freedom and equality.
Age of Industry

S01E07 Age of Industry

November 4, 2012 5.0 50 min
How Britain's Industrial Revolution created the modern world.
Age of Extremes

S01E08 Age of Extremes

November 11, 2012 50 min
The atom bomb and other developments in the twentieth century – our age.

Cast

Andrew Marr
Andrew Marr
Self - Presenter

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