A history of Britain
DVD - 2010
The fifteen-part series explores the vast history of the British Empire from 3000 BC to 1965. Simon Schama's compelling storytelling skills breathe new life into the dramatic stories of lives and moments in Britain's rich and colorful past.
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- Subjects
- Genres
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Published
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[London?] : Burbank, CA :
Distributed by BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc. ; Warner Home Video
c2010.
- Language
- English
- Corporate Author
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- Other Authors
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- Edition
- Special ed
- Item Description
- Title from container.
Originally produced for television 2000-2002.
Special features: Simon Schama's promo message; interview taken from "The rest of history"; Television and the trouble with history; biography of Simon Schama; Tempus fugit, exclusive behind-the-scenes inteview; original score; Simon Schama's John Donne special. - Physical Description
- 5 v. (DVD)(6 videodiscs) (ca. 882 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
- Format
- Region 1, NTSC, widescreen; Dolby Digital stereo.; DVD9.
- Production Credits
- Original music, John Harle.
- ISBN
- 9781419888700
- v. 1 (ca. 3 hrs.). 3000 BC-AD 1216. Beginnings ; Conquest ; Dynasty
- v. 2 (ca. 3 hrs.). 1216-1558. Nations ; King Death ; Burning convictions
- v. 3 (ca. 3 hrs.). 1558-1689. The body of the queen ; The British wars ; Revolutions
- v. 4 (ca. 3 hrs.). 1689-1836. Britannia Incorporated ; The wrong empire ; Forces of nature
- v. 5 (2 discs)(ca. 3 hrs., 87 min.). 1837-1965. Victoria & her sisters ; The empire of good intentions ; The two Winstons
- Additional material.