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A History of Britain is a BBC documentary series written and presented by Simon Schama, first transmitted in the United Kingdom from 30 September 2000. A study of the history of the British Isles , each of the 15 episodes allows Schama to examine a particular period and tell of its events in his own style.
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Civilisations is a 2018 British art history television documentary series produced by the BBC in association with PBS as a follow-up to the original 1969 landmark series Civilisation by Kenneth Clark. Individual episodes are presented by Simon Schama, Mary Beard, and David Olusoga, [1] with music composed by Tandis Jenhudson. [2]
A History of Ancient Britain: Two: 2011: A History of Britain: One 30 September 2000 18 June 2002 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Two 5 January 1981 9 February 1981 Hold the Back Page: One 12 November 1985 28 January 1986 Hole in the Wall: One 20 September 2008 12 December 2009 Holiday: One 2 January 1969 19 March 2007 Holidays in the ...
Schama returned to the UK in 2000, having been commissioned by the BBC to produce a series of television documentary programmes on British history as part of their Millennium celebrations, under the title A History of Britain. Schama wrote and presented the episodes himself, in a friendly and often jocular style with his highly characteristic ...
Schama was asked to create the series after talks with BBC executives.” [14] (5:16-7:01) The premise or the intended aim of the series was to pull viewers into the surroundings and context of the artist when they were painting their artwork. The aim of the series is described by Schama numerous times in a self-interview regarding the series.
27 October – Instead of showing pages from the BBC's digital text service during BBC Two's overnight downtime, the channel instead launches This is BBC Two which is a loop of forthcoming BBC Two programmes. 21 December – The final edition of ITV's early morning news programme ITV News at 5:30 is broadcast. Consequently, apart from special ...
16 April – Good Morning Britain and Lorraine are broadcast from Television Centre for the first time. [94] 2 September – BBC One's The Andrew Marr Show moves to the later timeslot of 10am as part of a shake up of the channel's Sunday morning schedule. [95] 2019. 13 October – After 30 years on the air, the final edition of Sky News Sunrise ...