All sixteen episodes of the BBC series relives Britain's history from it's primitive beginnings to the present day.

Features: Simon Schama biography and bibliography, biographies of key historical figures.

Disc 1: Beginnings (Circa 3100 BC - 1000 AD) -- Conquest! (circa 1000 - 1087) -- Dynasty (circa 1087-1216) -- Disc 2: Nations (circa 1216 - 3148) -- King Death (1348-1500) -- Burning convictions (circa 1500-1558) -- Disc3: The Body of the Queen (1558-1603) -- The British wars (1603-1649) -- Revolutions (1649-1689) -- Disc 4: Britannia incorporated (circa 1690-circa 1750) -- The Wrong empire (circa 1750-circa 1800) -- Forces of Nature (circa 1780-circa 1832) -- Disc 5: Victoria and her sisters (1830-circa 1910) -- Empire of good intentions (circa 1830-circa 1925) -- The two Winstons (20th century).