Andrew Marr's History of the World
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.
Seasons
1. Survival
Air Date: 2012-09-23
How the earliest humans spread around the world, adapting and surviving against the odds.
2. Age of Empire
Air Date: 2012-09-30
The story of the first empires which laid the foundations for the modern world.
3. The Word and the Sword
Air Date: 2012-10-07
Charting the spiritual revolutions that shook the world between 300 BC and 700 AD.
4. Into the Light
Air Date: 2012-10-14
The Middle Ages, when Vikings explored and pillaged.
5. Age of Plunder
Air Date: 2012-10-21
Europe's rise from piracy to private enterprise.
6. Revolution
Air Date: 2012-10-28
A time when people worldwide rose up in the name of freedom and equality.
7. Age of Industry
Air Date: 2012-11-04
How Britain's Industrial Revolution created the modern world.
8. Age of Extremes
Air Date: 2012-11-11
The atom bomb and other developments in the twentieth century – our age.
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Rating
7.8/10
Release Date
2012-09-23
Episodes
8 (1 seasons)
Status
Ended
Cast
Videos
Production Companies
Erste Weltweit Medien
Discovery
BBC