Wow! I love this. I stumbled upon it today. And I’ve watched three episodes. I don’t know if that’s the whole lot?
In the first episode he marches along Happisburgh beach in Norfolk. He also sets out the overall timeline. It’s a little evolution in miniature.
In the second episode we encounter the revolution that is farming. I want to make a bow like the one he uses in the picture above.
The Iron Age arrives, with a sudden acceleration of technology, and increases in the complexity of society.
Fascinating stuff, in that old school BBC style, think Reith or Attenborough; intelligent, educational. Happy to take its time.
Here are some of the plants he talks about in episode one: Golden saxifrage, the Poly Poly fern (Polystichum Polyblepharum), and the Linden or lime tree.
A brilliant program. Simple, modest, unpretentious. Not earth-shattering. But deeply fascinating. And conducive to promoting further fascination.
‘It’s so mysterious. I just wish we knew more,’ he says. Agreed!