At one point during Simon Schama’s Story of Us (BBC Two), the historian listed some of the people who made programmes for the BBC’s groundbreaking Open Door series. “Vegans, anarchists, feminists, ...

Stretching from the Stone Age to the year 2000, Simon Schama's Complete History of Britain does not pretend to be a definitive chronicle of the turbulent events which buffeted and shaped the British ...

The French Revolution sent shock-waves through Britain. While some watched transfixed, others were horrified. Simon Schama explores why the British proved immune to the siren call of liberty, equality ...

LONDON (AP) -- Simon Schama apologizes. He's running late because he's ``deeply'' into filming the third installment of his ``A History of Britain.'' The first six episodes of this dramatically ...

Part I: The face of power. The face of Britain ; Saviours ; Reins of power ; Bigwigs ; Attack portraiture ; Family album ; Absent one cigar -- Part II: The face of love. Shadow love ; Kenelm and ...

And out came, among other television ventures, a ridiculously ambitious turn-of-the-millennium series for the BBC called "A History of Britain" that did really well: The 15-part epic netted the BBC a ...

How has post-war culture shaped who we are? That’s been the major question behind Simon Schama’s new series over the past fortnight, as he has taken viewers on a tour of loosely connected artistic ...

It was a year ago that historian Simon Schama guided History Channel viewers through the first one-third of his history of Britain. He returns this week to tell the middle portion of the story, a saga ...

Simon Schama explores the history of British portraiture. Simon looks at the eternal power of portraiture and sees how it can foster loyalty and control. Simon Schama explores the history of British ...

The second installment of Simon Schama's marvelous take on British history airs this week on The History Channel. Spanning 1558-1800, the seven-hour miniseries picks up where last fall's triumphant 7 ...