Season 1 (1991)

Out of the Ice
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October 6, 1991

Where did the first Europeans come from, and why? The ice ages swept early humans across the face of the globe in forced migration...Read more

Colliding Continents and the Age of Bronze
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October 13, 1991

A look at how the Alps were formed and how the discovery of bronze began the first arms race in northern Europe. But in the south,...Read more

Trade, Cities and the Land-Locked Sea
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October 20, 1991

The third part shows how the lack of fertile land in Greece led traders and settlers to colonise the Mediterranean shores, how the...Read more

Feast and Famine - The Limestone Legacy
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October 27, 1991

Between AD 1000 and 1300, northern Europe was transformed - from isolated peasants living at the mercy of marauding Vikings, to a ...Read more

Coal, Blood and Iron
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November 3, 1991

Two hundred years ago, industrialisation swept from Britain across the coalfields of Europe, bringing prosperity to the cities but...Read more

Power and Frontiers
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November 10, 1991

A century ago, European power sprang from the wealth of its coalfields. But the discovery of oil broke the stalemate of the First ...Read more

Hostages to Oil
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November 17, 1991

The Gulf War showed how Europe's survival depends on imported oil. This programme reveals how the economic and political power of ...Read more