E1 - Survival

Aired: September 23, 2012

How the earliest humans spread around the world, adapting and surviving against the odds.

E2 - Age of Empire

Aired: September 30, 2012

The story of the first empires which laid the foundations for the modern world.

E3 - The Word and the Sword

Aired: October 07, 2012

Charting the spiritual revolutions that shook the world between 300 BC and 700 AD.

E4 - Into the Light

Aired: October 14, 2012

The Middle Ages, when Vikings explored and pillaged.

E5 - Age of Plunder

Aired: October 21, 2012

Europe's rise from piracy to private enterprise.

E6 - Revolution

Aired: October 28, 2012

A time when people worldwide rose up in the name of freedom and equality.

E7 - Age of Industry

Aired: November 04, 2012

How Britain's Industrial Revolution created the modern world.

E8 - Age of Extremes

Aired: November 11, 2012

The atom bomb and other developments in the twentieth century – our age.