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Neil Oliver's epic story of how Britain and its people came to be

Neil Oliver tells the epic story of how Britain and its people came to be over thousands of years of ancient history - the beginnings of our world forged in ice, stone, and bronze

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A History of Ancient Britain: Series 1: Episode 2: Age of Ancestors

Age of Ancestors

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Looking at the change from hunting and gathering to farming.

Neil Oliver continues the epic story of how Britain came to be. He focuses on the great social transformation: a change from hunting and gathering to farming.

Neil Oliver continues the story of how today's Britain and its people were forged over thousands of years of ancient history. It's 4,000 BC and the first farmers arrive from Europe, with seismic consequences for the local hunter-gatherers.

A History of Ancient Britain: Series 1

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Neil Oliver examines the origins of our ancestors through the Stone Age

Neil Oliver examines the origins of our prehistoric ancestors from the glacial wasteland of 12,000BC through the glories of the Stone Age

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