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Andrew Marr's History of the World Original Series Episodes

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Back up to: Andrew Marr's History of the World

  1. Age of Extremes

    8/8 Andrew Marr brings the story of human civilisation up to date with the twentieth century.

  2. Age of Industry

    7/8 Andrew Marr tells how Britain's Industrial Revolution created the modern world.

  3. Revolution

    6/8 Andrew explores a time when people worldwide rose up in the name of freedom and equality.

  4. Age of Plunder

    5/8 Andrew tells the story of Europe's rise from piracy to private enterprise.

  5. Into the Light

    4/8 Andrew reaches the Middle Ages, when Vikings explored and pillaged.

  6. The Word and the Sword

    3/8 Charting the spiritual revolutions that shook the world between 300 BC and 700 AD.

  7. Age of Empire

    2/8 The story of the first empires which laid the foundations for the modern world.

  8. Survival

    1/8 How the earliest humans spread around the world, adapting and surviving against the odds.