1: Survival | Andrew Marr’s History of the World

Duration: 59'26''

Synopsis

Andrew Marr traces 70,000 years of history, beginning with the earliest humans. From Africa, they spread around the world, adapting and surviving against the odds.

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More clips from Andrew Marr's History of the World

0: Learning Zone | Andrew Marr's History of the World

0: Learning Zone | Andrew Marr's History of the World

BBC One | 2012 | 1'18'57''

Andrew Marr presents a selection of stories from his History of the World, specially rewritten for key stage 3 pupils. ...

2: Age of Empire | Andrew Marr's History of the World

2: Age of Empire | Andrew Marr's History of the World

BBC One | 2012 | 58'55''

In this episode, Andrew Marr tells the story of the first empires which laid the foundations for the modern world.

3: The Word and the Sword | Andrew Marr's History of the World

3: The Word and the Sword | Andrew Marr's History of the World

BBC One | 2012 | 59'17''

In this episode, Andrew Marr examines the spiritual revolutions that shook the world between 300 BC and 700 AD.

4: Into the Light | Andrew Marr's History of the World

4: Into the Light | Andrew Marr's History of the World

BBC One | 2012 | 59'14''

Andrew reaches the Middle Ages, when Vikings explored and pillaged from Northern Europe to North America.

5: Age of Plunder | Andrew Marr's History of the World

5: Age of Plunder | Andrew Marr's History of the World

BBC One | 2012 | 58'28''

Andrew tells the story of Europe's rise from piracy to private enterprise, starting with Columbus's discovery of America.

6: Revolution | Andrew Marr's History of the World

6: Revolution | Andrew Marr's History of the World

BBC One | 2012 | 58'55''

Andrew explores the Age of Revolution, when people across the world rose up in the name of freedom and equality.

7: Age of Industry | Andrew Marr's History of the World

7: Age of Industry | Andrew Marr's History of the World

BBC One | 2012 | 59'14''

In this episode, Andrew Marr tells how Britain's Industrial Revolution created the modern world.

8: Age of Extremes | Andrew Marr's History of the World

8: Age of Extremes | Andrew Marr's History of the World

BBC One | 2012 | 59'09''

In this episode, Andrew Marr brings the story right up to date with the twentieth century.

Adolf Hitler's rise to power | Andrew Marr's History of the World

Adolf Hitler's rise to power | Andrew Marr's History of the World

BBC One | 2012 | 8'50''

Andrew Marr discusses Hitler's rise to power from the end of the first world war.

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S2E7: Piltdown Man | Days That Shook the World

S2E7: Piltdown Man | Days That Shook the World

BBC Two | 2004 | 29'10''

Using dramatized reconstructions, this program recalls the 'Piltdown Man' hoax in 1953.

Silbury: the Heart of the Hill

Silbury: the Heart of the Hill

BBC Four | 2007 | 59'10''

Documentary following the final archaeological exploration of the interior of the largest man-made mound in Europe - Silbury Hill, one of our ...

New Stone Age | Learning Zone

New Stone Age | Learning Zone

BBC Two | 2015 | 6'22''

Life in Neolithic Britain through the eyes of one family as they attempt to hunt and farm enough food to live on.

S2E7: Dinosaurs & Duplicity: Discovery of the First Dinosaur | Days That Shook the World

S2E7: Dinosaurs & Duplicity: Discovery of the First Dinosaur | Days That Shook the World

BBC Two | 2004 | 30'08''

Using dramatized reconstructions, this program recalls the first discovery of a dino...

1: Beginnings | Michael Wood: The Story of India

1: Beginnings | Michael Wood: The Story of India

BBC Two | 2007 | 59'02''

Michael Wood journeys through the subcontinent, tracing the diversity of its peoples, cultures and landscapes. He charts the...

Early humans and the development of culture | Africa's Great Civilisations

Early humans and the development of culture | Africa's Great Civilisations

BBC Four | 2018 | 5'06''

Henry Louis Gates Jr investigates early human migration from Africa and the development of culture...

Iron Age Britain | Learning Zone

Iron Age Britain | Learning Zone

BBC Two | 2015 | 5'51''

Life in Iron Age Britain through the eyes of one family, as the impact of the new, and cheaper, stronger, metal on their life is explored in...

Iron Age: tribes | Learning Zone

Iron Age: tribes | Learning Zone

BBC Two | 2015 | 3'15''

Raksha explores Maiden Castle; the biggest Iron Age Hill Fort in Britain.

Stone Age: flint | Learning Zone

Stone Age: flint | Learning Zone

BBC Two | 2015 | 3'53''

Raksha Dave explores the importance of flint to Stone Age man.

Woolly Mammoth: Secrets from the Ice

Woolly Mammoth: Secrets from the Ice

BBC Two | 2012 | 59'07''

Professor Alice Roberts on the natural history of the woolly mammoth, revealing adaptations that helped the species evolve from their or...

Amanirenas | Africa's Great Civilisations

Amanirenas | Africa's Great Civilisations

BBC Four | 2018 | 3'21''

Henry Louis Gates Jr investigates Amanirenas, the Queen of the Kingdom of Kush.

Bronze Age Britain | Learning Zone

Bronze Age Britain | Learning Zone

BBC Two | 2015 | 5'55''

Life in Bronze Age Britain through the eyes of one family as they learn how copper and tin is mined, and make bronze using a furnace.

Bronze Age Stonehenge gold | Learning Zone

Bronze Age Stonehenge gold | Learning Zone

BBC Two | 2015 | 4'46''

There are also lots of barrow burials around Stonehenge and one of them, Bush Barrow Man, is used to find out about Bronze Age times.

Bronze Age: making metal | Learning Zone

Bronze Age: making metal | Learning Zone

BBC Two | 2015 | 4'45''

Raksha visits Butser Ancient Farm to make a bronze age axe head exactly the way Bronze Age man would have done so.

Bronze Age: wool | Learning Zone

Bronze Age: wool | Learning Zone

BBC Two | 2015 | 2'45''

Raksha visits the Bronze Age at an ancient farm and learns how to make woollen cloth.

Europe's first farmers | Europe: A Natural History

Europe's first farmers | Europe: A Natural History

BBC Four | 2007 | 3'17''

An exploration of the first farmers in Mesopotamia.

Flint | The Great British Countryside

Flint | The Great British Countryside

BBC One | 2012 | 3'45''

Julia Bradbury investigates flint and the ancient craft of arrowhead making that it was used for.

Iron Age: daily life | Learning Zone

Iron Age: daily life | Learning Zone

BBC Two | 2015 | 4'48''

Raksha visits re-enactors who build roundhouses and try to live as they think Iron Age people did.

Iron Age: iron | Learning Zone

Iron Age: iron | Learning Zone

BBC Two | 2015 | 4'51''

People tried to keep the process of making iron secret to preserve their power. It was often regarded as magic.

Iron technologies | Africa's Great Civilisations

Iron technologies | Africa's Great Civilisations

BBC Four | 2018 | 2'22''

Henry Louis Gates investigates the early uses of Iron and the impacts it had on early societies in Africa.

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3: Sustaining the City | Andrew Marr's Megacities

BBC One | 2011 | 58'53''

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3: Man Made Britain | Britain from Above

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BBC One | 2008 | 59'02''

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2: A Brave New World | New Elizabethans with Andrew Marr

BBC Two | 2020 | 59'30''

Andrew Marr explores how Britain since 1952 has coped with the loss of empire, America's cultural and political hege...

3: The Word and the Sword | Andrew Marr's History of the World

3: The Word and the Sword | Andrew Marr's History of the World

BBC One | 2012 | 59'17''

In this episode, Andrew Marr examines the spiritual revolutions that shook the world between 300 BC and 700 AD.

1: Body and Soul | Andrew Marr on Darwin's Dangerous Idea

1: Body and Soul | Andrew Marr on Darwin's Dangerous Idea

BBC Two | 2009 | 58'11''

Andrew Marr explores how Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection has taken on a life of its own far beyon...

1: A New Dawn | Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain

1: A New Dawn | Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain

BBC Two | 2009 | 57'33''

Andrew Marr revisits Britain at the dawn of the 20th century. He finds the country mourning the death of Queen Vic...

2: The Land of Lost Consent | Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain

2: The Land of Lost Consent | Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain

BBC Two | 2007 | 58'36''

The 1950s were a period of apparent calm, order and prosperity for Britain, but much of the populace wa...