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A History of Britain by Simon Schama

Series 1

Episode 1: Beginnings

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Knowledge

Available for 10 months

Simon Schama begins his history of Britain at the miraculously preserved Stone Age cottages of Skara Brae in Orkney and then moves on to the world of Anglo-Saxon England. Show more

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