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This Sceptred Isle

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The easiest way to learn the history of Britain
The Sceptred Isle tells the story of Britain, from the Roman invasion to the Millennium Dome. History is fun. Try the quiz on the right. What about a particular period? Read the snippets below and follow the links to find out more. A new 10 week series has just ended on Radio 4 charting the history of British dynasties. Play the Quiz Families covered by the series 404 Not Found Not Found The requested URL /cgi-bin/radio4/sceptred_isle/dynamic.pl was not found on this server. Select historical period		/home/system/data/timb/kwikquiz.dat does not exist /home/system/data/timb/kwikquiz.html does not exist [an error occurred while processing this directive] This Sceptred Isle: Empire a 90 part history of the British Empire. Listen again, read histories and biographies. In Our Time Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the history of ideas. Listen to the programme archive. Document Mike Thomson investigates a document to shed light on past events.

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