What the ... Did for Us

Last Edited: 02-Oct-2019
A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recording quality is considered good unless otherwise indicated.

Date Title Cast Parameters
BBC TV2
06 Nov-2002 to
11-Dec-2002
What the Romans Did for Us
  1. Life of Luxury
  2. Invasion
  3. Building Britain
  4. Arteries of the Empire
  5. Edge of Empire
  6. Ahead of Their Time
 Adam Hart-Davis
Producer: Inge Samuels, Paul King,
Caroline van den Brul, Sian Griffiths
MISSED
03-Sep-2001 to
22-Oct-2001
What the Victorians Did for Us
  1. Speed Merchants
  2. Playing God
  3. Rule Makers
  4. Crime and Punishment
  5. Social Progress
  6. Conquerors
  7. Making it Big
  8. Pleasure Seekers
Adam Hart-Davis
Producer: John Kent
AVI VIDEO
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14-Oct-2002
What the Tudors Did for Us
  1. Seeying the Worlde
  2. The Thinkynge Revolution
  3. The Goode Lyfe
  4. War Machyne
Adam Hart-Davis
Producer: Billie Pink, Page Shepherd
MISSED
21-Oct-2002 to
11-Nov-2002
What the Stuarts Did for Us
  1. Desygner Livinge
  2. The Applyance of Science
  3. The Organysed Isle
  4. Newe Worldes
Adam Hart-Davis
Producer: Nikita Lalwani, Paul King
MISSED
07-Oct-2003 to
18-Nov-2003
What the Industrial Revolution Did for Us
  1. Material World
  2. Working Wonders.
  3. On the Move
  4. Modern Medicine
  5. War Machine
  6. City Living
  7. the Roadshow
Dan Cruickshank
Director: Billie Pink, Simon Baker, Jonathan Hassid

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16-Feb-2003 to
13-Apr-2003
What the Ancients Did for Us
  1. The Islamic World
  2. The Chinese
  3. The Aztec, Maya and Inca
  4. The Romans
  5. The Indians
  6. The Mesopotamians
  7. The Egyptians
  8. The Greeks
  9. The Britons
Adam Hart-Davis, Amani Zain
Producer: Will Aslett, Monika Kupper
AVI VIDEO

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