Synopsis

In this episode, Andrew Marr tells how Britain's Industrial Revolution created the modern world.

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4: Into the Light | Andrew Marr's History of the World

BBC One | 2012 | 59'14''

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5: Age of Plunder | Andrew Marr's History of the World

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