In this version made for schools, Professor Jeremy Black examines one of the most extraordinary periods in British history, the Industrial Revolution. Show more

Professor Jeremy Black explains the unique economic, social and political factors that helped Britain transform itself almost entirely by the 19th century. Show more

With Anne McElvoy. Surveyor of the Queen's pictures Desmond Shawe-Taylor and historians Amanda Foreman, Stella Tillyard and Jeremy Black discuss 18th-century monarchy and power. Show more