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. All the programmes are of 59
minutes' duration and were broadcast over three series, ending 18 June
2002.
10. "Britannia incorporated" Broadcast 22 May 2001 and covering 1690–1750. As the new century dawned, relations between Scotland and England had never been worse. Yet half a century later the two countries would be making a future together based on profit and interest. The new Britain was based on money, not God.
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