Seven Ages Of Britain
Join The Open University and the BBC as David Dimblebey takes a fresh look at our extraordinary past through the arts – both as objects that have often played a decisive part in events and as marvels of their age.
Despite dumping his trusty land rover for Seven Ages, David roams further and wider than ever – including Italy, Germany, Turkey, India and America – tracking down astonishing artefacts that both encapsulate events here or were made here, and yet ended up leaving our shores.
In Britain or abroad, this is a journey revealing objects of great beauty and craftsmanship that tell us who we were and are, and pay testament to the great events that formed our nation.
The Open University website for the series will be throwing down a challenge to visitors - can they solve David' quest?
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Content last updated: 11/01/2010
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