1. Survival

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. 23 September 2012. 50 min

How the earliest humans spread around the world, adapting and surviving against the odds.

2. Age of Empire

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. 30 September 2012. 50 min

The story of the first empires which laid the foundations for the modern world.

3. The Word and the Sword

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. 7 October 2012. 50 min

Charting the spiritual revolutions that shook the world between 300 BC and 700 AD.

4. Into the Light

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. 14 October 2012. 50 min

The Middle Ages, when Vikings explored and pillaged.

5. Age of Plunder

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. 21 October 2012. 50 min

Europe's rise from piracy to private enterprise.

6. Revolution

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. 28 October 2012. 50 min

A time when people worldwide rose up in the name of freedom and equality.

7. Age of Industry

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. 4 November 2012. 50 min

How Britain's Industrial Revolution created the modern world.

8. Age of Extremes

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. 11 November 2012. 50 min

The atom bomb and other developments in the twentieth century – our age.