May 28, 2002 • 1h
Britain never had the kind of revolution France experienced in 1789, but came close to it. This programme explains how 'the romant...Read more
June 4, 2002 • 1h
Queen Victoria came to the throne at the tender age of eighteen, to rule over a country in the throes of a painful but supercharge...Read more
June 11, 2002 • 1h
The British Empire promised peace, stability and prosperity but in Ireland and India it coincided with violence and famine. The p...Read more
June 18, 2002 • 1h
Schama's last programme is a meditation on the place of the past in Britain's 20th-century history. Personified in the sharply di...Read more