Season 1

1. A Chosen People?

2012-03-17 · 60m

Diarmaid MacCulloch explores what it means to be English. In this episode, he chronicles the roots of the idea that the English think themselves better than others.

2. A Tolerant People?

2012-03-24 · 60m

Diarmaid MacCulloch explores what it means to be English. He challenges the commonly held assumption that the English have a long tradition of tolerance.

3. A White and Christian People?

2012-03-31 · 60m

Diarmaid MacCulloch explores what it means to be English. In the final programme, he examines the idea that there is an ethnic core to Englishness.