A History of Britain by Simon Schama
Beginnings (3100BC-1000AD)
Season 1 Episode 1 of 15
Historian Simon Schama charts the 4,000 years prior to the 1000AD, from Stone Age Orkney and through four centuries of Roman occupation to King Alfred's ultimate victory over the Vikings, which laid the foundations for the Anglo-Saxon kingdom later subjugated by the Norman invaders
A History of Britain by Simon Schama airs on BBC Four HD at 9:15 PM, Tuesday 3 March. (Subtitles, audio description.)
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Simon Schama
Presenter
Martin Davidson
Director