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All Episodes of How God Made the English

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All Episodes of How God Made the English

Historian Diarmaid MacCulloch explores both what it means to be English and what has shaped English identity, from the Dark Ages, through the Reformation to...
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Season 1

  • A Chosen People?
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    A Chosen People?

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/17/2012

    Diarmaid MacCulloch explores what it means to be English. In this episode, he chronicles the roots of the idea that the English think themselves better than others.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • A Tolerant People?
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    A Tolerant People?

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/24/2012

    Diarmaid MacCulloch explores what it means to be English. He challenges the commonly held assumption that the English have a long tradition of tolerance.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • A White and Christian People?
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    A White and Christian People?

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/31/2012

    Diarmaid MacCulloch explores what it means to be English. In the final programme, he examines the idea that there is an ethnic core to Englishness.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown