Wales and the History of the World

About the series

For such a small country population wise, the people of Wales have had a remarkable impact on world history - in the way we travel, the way we shop, and even in the way we do our sums.

Conversely, the rest of the world has impacted on Wales, through wars, through immigration, bringing a host of new ideas and new philosophies.

Eddie Butler reveals a remarkable record of that interaction, unravelling some of the stories about the things left behind by such events, things that have been collected in museums across Wales.

The four-part series is just one of the fascinating elements of the year-long BBC-wide 'A History of the World' project, which stretches across BBC television, BBC Radio 4, CBBC, the World Service and online at bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld.