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A History of Ancient Britain

Episode image for Age of BronzeA History of Ancient Britain,Series 1-Neil Oliver examines the origins of our prehistoric ancestors from the glacial wasteland of 12,000BC through the glories of the Stone Age.

Episode guide-

Age of Ice

Episode 1 of 4, Series 1
DURATION: 1 HOUR
Neil Oliver travels back to ice age Britain as he begins the epic story of the evolution of the land and its occupants over thousands of years of ancient history. In this episode he describes a struggle for survival in a brutal world of climate change and environmental catastrophe.

Age of Ancestors

Episode 2 of 4, Series 1
DURATION: 1 HOUR
Neil Oliver continues the story of how today's Britain and its people were forged over thousands of years of ancient history. It's 4,000 BC and the first farmers arrive from Europe, with seismic consequences for the local hunter-gatherers.

Age of Cosmology

Episode 3 of 4, Series 1
DURATION: 1 HOUR
Neil Oliver continues his journey through the world of Ancient Britain as he encounters an age of cosmological priests and some of the greatest monuments of the Stone Age, including Stonehenge itself. This is a time of elite travellers, who were inventing the very idea of Heaven itself.


Age of Bronze

Episode 4 of 4, Series 1
DURATION: 1 HOUR
Neil Oliver continues his epic tour of Britain's most distant past with the arrival of metals and the social revolution that ushered in a new age of social mobility, international trade, and village life.

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