8.7/109 votes#1 - Age of Conquest
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/31/2010
For a thousand years, from Emperor Claudius to William the Conqueror, the British Isles were defined by invasion, each successive wave bringing something new to the mix. The Romans brought figurative art, the Anglo-Saxons epic poetry, the Normans monumental architecture.
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9.0/1013 votes#2 - Age of Worship (1170-1400)
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/7/2010
In the Middle Ages, Britain was caught in a power struggle between the Crown and the Church. The two were reconciled in the code of chivalry which ordered devotion to one's king as well as God: a story revealed in the fabulous objects left in Britain's cathedrals and castles, or safeguarded in museums.
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9.0/109 votes#3 - Age of Power
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/14/2010
From the Henry VIII's accession in 1509 to the last play of Shakespeare's Henry VIII, the Tudors dynasty used reformation, art, seamanship, and propaganda to the most powerful World empire.
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9.0/108 votes#4 - Age of Revolution (1603-1708)
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/28/2010
In the 17th century, the people of Britain learnt to question everything. The result was Civil War, in which everyone, including artists, had to take sides. But out of it came a re-invented monarchy, a scientific revolution and, ultimately, the great Cathedral of St Paul's.
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9.0/107 votes#5 - Age Of Money (1700-1805)
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/7/2010
In the 1700's, the age of Commerce produced a new 'middle' class with new ant-puritan pleasure and novelty, a Golden Age in painting, and hero burial of Horatio Nelson, a commoner, at the St Paul's Cathedral.
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NaN/100 votes#6 - Age of Empire
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/14/2010
British Empire from 1750 to 1900 from America and India traces the descent from adventure and inspiration into moral bankruptcy as the Empire became a self-serving bureaucratic machine.
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8.6/106 votes#7 - Age of Ambition
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/21/2010
Modern Britain from WWI to the 21st century, the empire gone, but ambition/pride of new scientific age stills make Great Britain one of the greatest powers and influences in the world.
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The Best Episodes of Seven Ages of Britain Season 1
Every episode of Seven Ages of Britain Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Seven Ages of Britain Season 1!
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...
Genre:Documentary
Network:BBC One
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Age of Conquest" is the best rated episode of "Seven Ages of Britain" season 1. It scored 8.7/10 based on 9 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/31/2010. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Age of Worship (1170-1400)".