Short animated films showing the story of Britain from the Mesolithic Stone Age through to Magna Carta.
These short films are from the original ±«Óătv series, The Story of Britain.
Suitable for teaching KS2 in England and Wales, KS1 and KS2 in Northern Ireland, and First and Second Level in Scotland.
Middle Stone Age. video
Life in Middle Stone Age or Mesolithic Britain through the eyes of one family.
New Stone Age. video
Life in Neolithic Britain through the eyes of one family.
Bronze Age Britain. video
Exploring life in Bronze Age Britain through the eyes of one family.
Iron Age Britain. video
Exploring life in Iron Age Britain through the eyes of one family.
Roman Britain. video
Exploring life in Britannia through the eyes of one Roman family.
Boudica and the Roman Invasion. video
Exploring life in Britain at the time of Boudica’s rebellion through the eyes of one family.
Anglo-Saxon Britain. video
Exploring life in Anglo-Saxon Britain through the eyes of one family.
The Vikings. video
Exploring life in Viking Britain through the eyes of an Anglo-Viking family.
The Normans. video
Exploring British life in 1066 through the eyes of a Norman family.
Domesday Book. video
Exploring 1085 and the compilation of Domesday Book.
Magna Carta. video
This short animated film details events leading to the signing of Magna Carta in 1215.
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