Miniseries

1. Survival

2012-09-23 · 50m

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

2. Age of Empire

2012-09-30 · 50m

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

3. The Word and the Sword

2012-10-07 · 50m

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

4. Into the Light

2012-10-14 · 50m

The Middle Ages, when Vikings explored and pillaged.

5. Age of Plunder

2012-10-21 · 50m

Europe's rise from piracy to private enterprise.

6. Revolution

2012-10-28 · 50m

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

7. Age of Industry

2012-11-04 · 50m

How Britain's Industrial Revolution created the modern world.

8. Age of Extremes

2012-11-11 · 50m

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