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A History of Ancient Britain

Series 2

Episode 1: Age of Iron

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC History Channel

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Neil Oliver continues his epic story of how Britain and its people came to be. Diving for 3,000-year-old treasure and pot-holing through an ancient copper mine, he discovers how a golden age of bronze collapsed into social and economic crisis set against a period of sharp climate change and would eventually be replaced by a new era, of iron. Show less

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