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Rome: Michael Portillo investigates the political compromises that Christianity was forced to make when the Roman Empire adopted it as its official religion. Dark Ages: Theologian Robert Beckford looks at the impact Christianity has had on Britain and argues that the sixth-century conversion was the most important event in British history.
A History of Christianity is a six-part British television series originally broadcast on BBC Four in 2009. The series was presented by the English ecclesiastical historian Diarmaid MacCulloch , Professor of the History of the Church at the University of Oxford .
The next early medieval source to discuss Romano-British Christianity was the ninth-century Historia Brittonum, later attributed—perhaps mistakenly—to the Welsh monk Nennius. [64] In the high and later Middle Ages, historical accounts continued to be produced which discussed the establishment of Christianity in Roman Britain. [64]
More Christian missionaries arrived from Rome and by the time of Bede who recorded there were five languages in the land; British (Welsh), Scottish (Irish), Pictish, Latin and English. [2] The village and people of Long Melford , in Suffolk , and their dig of nearly forty test pits, was featured during the first four episodes.
Terry Jones' Barbarians is a 4-part TV documentary series first broadcast on BBC 2 in 2006. It was written and presented by Terry Jones, and it challenges the received Roman and Roman Catholic notion of the barbarian. Professor Barry Cunliffe of the University of Oxford acted as consultant for the series.
In his opinion, the camera delivered better footage than a Digital Betacam camera, and provided rich, filmic feel, which was well-suited to capturing the gritty reality of the Roman Empire. [2] The series was co-produced by BBC, ZDF and the Discovery Channel. BBC History commissioned the online-game CDX to tie-in with the series. [3]
The Roman Invasion of Britain is a British documentary television series hosted by Bettany Hughes. It was first aired in 2009 on the History Channel in the United Kingdom. [1] The three-part series explores the history of Roman Britain by tracing the interaction of Roman conquerors with the native population of Britannia.
Tony Robinson's Romans is a four-part television documentary series created by Tony Robinson about the Roman Empire. It debuted on Channel 4 on 20 September 2003, [1] and aired through 11 October 2003. This documentary programme is three hours in length, consists of four episodes and makes extensive use of research.