Birth of Britain
2013
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"This is the epic story of how Britain was formed and how the earth beneath our feet has shaped the country we live in today. If you thought the British landscape was a green and pleasant land, a stable place where nothing much happens...think again. Almost everything about Britain, the history, the look and position of our towns and of course the very landscape itself is in some way connected to our momentous geologic past and the rocks beneath our feet. In this series, Time Team's Tony Robinson travels the length and breadth of Britain, from the ancient volcanic rocks of Scotland, to the thick clay that underlies London and underground into Welsh gold mines. Tony will uncover how this varied and dramatic islands is home to many of our planet's best kept secrets. Hidden Volcanoes - Tony travels to Edinburgh, whose quaint cobbled streets would have once been rivers of molten lava. From Scotland, to Wales, to the beauty of Snowdonia, which owes its glory to huge avalanches of ash and rock and finally, to the island of Skye. Ice Ages - most of Britain was once covered in ice. We tell the hidden story of Loch Ness; how the iconic highlands of Scotland were carved by ice; and how even the mighty river Thames was affected. Gold - Millions of years of tectonic forces have gifted Britons with accessible deposits of gold - in Scotland, Wales and even southern England. Tony's journey ends in Northern Ireland, which is experiencing its very own modern Gold Rush"--Container.
Main title:
Birth of Britain / with Tony Robinson.
Author:
Robinson, Tony, 1946-, presenter
Imprint:
United Kingdom : Pioneer Productions, 2013.Ultimo, New South Wales : Reader's Digest, 2013.©2013.
Collation:
2 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 135 min.) : sound, colour ; 12 cm.
Notes:
Title from disc label."BOB 01 01."In English. No subtitles.
Performers:
Presented by Tony Robinson.
Audience:
Exempt from classification.
System details:
DVD ; Region 4.
Contents:
Hidden volcanoes -- Ice ages -- Gold.
Dewey class:
941
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
335965
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