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Britain BC

Season 2 2004

  • 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z on Channel 4
  • 50m
  • 2h 30m (3 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • Documentary
A provocative two-part BBC series in which Francis Pryor offers a new view of Britain before the Roman invasion, suggesting that it was infinitely more sophisticated than once thought.

3 episodes

Season Premiere

2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

2x01 Britain AD: Part 1

Season Premiere

2x01 Britain AD: Part 1

  • 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z50m

Francis Pryor reveals that the Roman invasion of Britain was not a brutal suppression of indigenous culture but a mutually beneficial experience that the Britons may have actually instigated.

2004-01-02T00:00:00Z

2x02 Britain AD: Part 2

2x02 Britain AD: Part 2

  • 2004-01-02T00:00:00Z50m

Francis Pryor sheds light on the so-called 'Dark Ages' and finds a world inhabited by Christianised, literate Britons.

2004-01-03T00:00:00Z

2x03 Britain AD: Part 3

2x03 Britain AD: Part 3

  • 2004-01-03T00:00:00Z50m

Francis focuses his attention on the Anglo-Saxon invasion and argues that the huge political changes that took place in Britain at the time were caused by a shifting of allegiances within this country rather than a violent invasion from elsewhere.

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