BBC Two - The Great British Story: A People's History

Series looking at history through the eyes of ordinary people. Rulers and royals, lords and ladies have all had their say down the centuries, what were the last 1,600 years like for everyday Britons?

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8/8 Michael Wood takes an overview of events between the jubilees of 1897 and 2012.

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Sun 24 Mar 2013 00:05 BBC HD

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Michael Wood on the BBC TV blog

“Nowhere in the UK, I suspect, is there a landscape or a cityscape which is not rich in memory and meaning.”
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Find out more about how the people of England developed their own local identity over 1,500 years with 11 regional programmes on BBC One Tuesday 12th June.
BBC The Great British Story: Regional Histories

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