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Historian Rory Stewart explains how Hadrian's Wall left a scar across Britain. A thousand years after the Romans left, the island split once again, into England and Scotland.

Hadrian's Wall cut a deep scar across Britain that would never be forgotten. A thousand years after the Romans left, the island split once again, near the line of the wall, into the Kingdoms of England and Scotland.

Historian and MP Rory Stewart tells the story of how Britain was torn in two. The border country dividing Britain's lost Middleland became a zone of anarchy, as violent as border areas in the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan.

58 minutes

Last on

Tue 31 Oct 2023 00:00

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Role Contributor
Presenter Rory Stewart
Producer Jon Eastman
Director Jon Eastman
Series Producer Emma Whitlock
Executive Producer Chris Granlund

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