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The Greeks: The Birth of Democracy

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Liam Neeson narrates a new three-part series about the rise, demise and legacy of the Greek empire, which stretched from Asia to Spain and marked the dawn of Western civilisation.

The start of the world's first democracy is seen through the eyes of Cleisthenes, the Athenian nobleman who masterminded the creation of a fiercely independent "society of equals".

See Choice.
(S) (W) BBC BOOK: a hardback is available now from bookshops
Polly Toynbee: page 16; Ancient Greece sites - Webwatch: p39

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Narrator:
Liam Neeson
Director:
Cassian Harrison
Source: Radio Times

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