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  1. Modern Britain

    8/8Michael Wood takes an overview of events between the jubilees of 1897 and 2012.

  2. Industry and Empire

    7/8Michael Wood uncovers the extraordinary tale of the Industrial Revolution.

  3. The Age of Revolution

    6/8History series. Michael Wood tells the story of the British Civil Wars.

  4. Lost Worlds and New Worlds

    5/8History series. Historian Michael Wood charts the Reformation.

  5. The Great Rising

    4/8How Britain was transformed by the great devastation of the Black Plague.

  6. The Norman Yoke

    3/8How the Norman Conquest shaped Britain following the Battle of Hastings.

  7. Tribes to Nations

    2/8How English, Scots and Welsh nations emerged due to the impact of the Vikings.

  8. Britannia

    1/8Michael Wood looks at the emergence of our British identities after the Fall of Rome.