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Best Episodes of A History of Ancient Britain
Age of Iron
S2 Ep1
7.6
7th Apr 2011
Neil Oliver continues his epic story of how Britain and its people came to be. Diving for 3,000-year-old treasure and pot-holing through an ancient copper mine, he discovers how a golden age of bronze collapsed into social and economic crisis set against a period of sharp climate change and would eventually be replaced by a new era, of iron.
Age of Ice
S1 Ep1
7.6
9th Feb 2011
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.
Worst Episodes of A History of Ancient Britain
Age of Ancestors
S1 Ep2
7.0
16th Feb 2011
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 Invasion
S2 Ep3
7.2
21st Apr 2011
Continuing his epic story, Neil Oliver explores the remains of brutal Iron Age battles and Celtic rebellion as he reaches the moment when Celtic Britain was ripped apart by the world's great empire - Rome.
A History of Ancient Britain Episode Guide
Age of Ice
S1 Ep1
7.6
9th Feb 2011
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
S1 Ep2
7.0
16th Feb 2011
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
S1 Ep3
7.2
23rd Feb 2011
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
S1 Ep4
7.4
2nd Mar 2011
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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The best rated episodes of A History of Ancient Britain are:
Age of Iron S2E1 rated 7.6
Age of Ice S1E1 rated 7.6
The lowest rated episodes of A History of Ancient Britain are:
Age of Ancestors S1E2 rated 7.0
Age of Invasion S2E3 rated 7.2
The first episode of A History of Ancient Britain aired on February 09, 2011.
The last episode of A History of Ancient Britain aired on April 26, 2011.
There are 8 episodes of A History of Ancient Britain.
There are 2 seasons of A History of Ancient Britain.