Civilisation
Rated 8.223 votes19691 season50m
Sir Kenneth Clark guides us through the ages exploring the glorious rise of civilisation in western man. Beginning with the bleakness of the dark ages to the present day, we consider civilisation's articulations and expressions in some of man's finest works of art.
- Created by
- Kenneth Clark
- First aired
- Feb 23, 1969
- Status
- Ended
- Network
- BBC Two
- Episodes
- 13
- Country
- GB
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S1 E1: The Skin of Our Teeth
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S1 E1 The Skin of Our Teeth
Feb 23, 1969In this the first episode Clark travels from Byzantine Ravenna to the Celtic Hebrides, from the Norway of the Vikings to Charlemagne's chapel at Aachen, telling his story of the Dark Ages; the six centuries following the collapse of the Roman Empire.
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