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The History of the World Backwards

Episode 3

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Writer and comedian Robert Newman stars in a sketch series which catapults viewers backwards through history. Colin McFarlane and Lucy Liemann join the cast as Newman heads back through the 20th century and into the 1800s. With the end of oil, powerful American barons hail slaves as the new energy source. Show less

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