04.10.02
A
Complete History of Britain
VHS
and DVD Release: 18th November 2002
"Think
of A History of Britain as an adventure in self-recognition, a way
to see ourselves in a mirror of time, because it's only when we
know what we have been, can we begin to understand our place in
the scheme of things, to discover as a nation who we are Β…and
believe me, it's a wild ride." Simon Schama
Award
winning historian Simon Schama presents the ground-breaking A History
of Britain and the entire epic series is now available in one complete
box set on video and DVD.
All
15 episodes of this landmark programme are now presented in one
complete set and the DVD features the inaugural Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ History Magazine
lecture given by Simon Schama on 'Television and the Trouble With
History'. It also features an exclusive interview with Simon Schama,
filmed specially for the DVD and a discussion with him with Mark
Lawson from 'The Rest is History'. It includes a detailed biography
chronicling his career and also a score of the original music from
the series.
This
highly acclaimed series explores life's grand themes through Britain's
rich and colourful history and British historian Schama explains
the changing times in his own unique story-telling manner. He paints
a brilliant portrait of the life of our people and asks questions
of compelling importance for our future as well as our past.
The
story weaves a rich tapestry of people and events that influenced
the making of modern Britain. Filmed across the UK, France, Ireland
and India - at stunning locations and national heritage sites -
the programmes are populated not just with kings and queens but
with philosophers and poets, artists and artisans, the common man
and the new woman, the thinkers and the doers.
Readings
in the series are by, among others, James Bolam, Kenneth Cranham,
Charles Dance, Amelia Fox, John Kavanagh, Jonathan Pryce, Prunella
Scales, Juliet Stevenson and David Threlfall.
RELEASE
DATE: 18TH NOVEMBER 2002
CERTIFICATE: E
CAT. NUMBER: VHS - Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔV7366 PRICE: Β£49.99 DVD - Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔDVD1127
Β£59.99
GENRE: FACTUAL
DURATION: 940 MINS
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