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Simon Schama journeys through 5,000 years of life in the British Isles.

The secret of who we are. Simon Schama journeys through 5,000 years of life in the British Isles.

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A History of Britain by Simon Schama: Series 3: Episode 4: The Two Winstons

The Two Winstons

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Examining the 20th century through the lives of Winston Churchill and George Orwell.

Examining the 20th century through the lives of Winston Churchill and George Orwell, who both wrote about the Depression, empire, world wars and the Cold War.

Simon Schama tackles the 20th century through the lives of two men - Winston Churchill and George Orwell. Both men, so very different in almost every way, lived through and wrote about the key moments of British 20th-century life - the Depression, Empire, two world wars and the Cold War. What unites them, argues Schama, is one shared theme - forget history at your peril.

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