Season 1

Episodes • 2012

Diarmaid MacCulloch
A Chosen People?

1. A Chosen People?

60 min

Diarmaid MacCulloch explores what it means to be English. In this episode, he chronicles the roots of the idea that the English think themselves better than others.

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A Tolerant People?

2. A Tolerant People?

60 min

Diarmaid MacCulloch explores what it means to be English. He challenges the commonly held assumption that the English have a long tradition of tolerance.

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A White and Christian People?

3. A White and Christian People?

60 min

Diarmaid MacCulloch explores what it means to be English. In the final programme, he examines the idea that there is an ethnic core to Englishness.

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