Seven Ages of Britain (2010)

Name: Seven Ages of Britain
Genre: Documentary
Rating: 7.9
Cast: David Dimbleby

Documentary

Seven Ages of Britain is a BBC television documentary series which is written and presented by David Dimbleby. The seven part series was first aired on Sunday nights at 9:00pm on BBC One starting on 31 January 2010. The series covers the history of Britain's greatest art and artefacts over the past 2000 years. Each episode covers a different period in British history. In Australia, all seven episodes aired on ABC1 each Tuesday at 8:30pm from 7 September 2010.

IMDb rating: 7.9 (115 votes)
Episode average: 8.8 +0.9 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

David Dimbleby Self - Presenter

Seasons

Season 1 (2010)

8.84 avg 7 episodes 8.8 → 8.3

Bad finale

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Age of Conquest	8.8	10
2	Age of Worship	9.0	14
3	Age of Power	9.0	10
4	Age of Revolution	9.0	9
5	Age of Money	9.0	8
6	Age of Empire	8.8	6
7	Age of Ambition	8.3	7