About this season
The history of mankind from prehistoric times to the 20th century.
Episodes (26)
1. And Earth was created...
4.0Aired 23 September 1978 • 25 min
2. Neanderthal Man
3.5Aired 30 September 1978 • 25 min
3. Cro-Magnon Man
3.5Aired 7 October 1978 • 25 min
4. The Fertile Valleys
6.0Aired 14 October 1978 • 25 min
5. The First Empires
2.7Aired 21 October 1978 • 25 min
6. The Age of Pericles
6.0Aired 28 October 1978 • 25 min
7. The Pax Romana
6.0Aired 4 November 1978 • 25 min
8. The Conquest of Islam
6.0Aired 11 November 1978 • 25 min
9. The Carolingians
6.0Aired 18 November 1978 • 25 min
10. The Age of Vikings
6.0Aired 25 November 1978 • 24 min
11. The Cathedral Builders
6.0Aired 2 December 1978 • 23 min
12. The Travels of Marco Polo
6.0Aired 9 December 1978 • 23 min
13. The Hundred Years' War
6.0Aired 16 December 1978 • 13 min
14. The Quattrocento
6.0Aired 23 December 1978 • 25 min
15. The Golden Age of Spain
6.0Aired 30 December 1978 • 25 min
16. Elizabethan England
6.0Aired 6 January 1979 • 25 min
17. The Golden Age of the Low Countries
6.0Aired 13 January 1979 • 25 min
18. The Great Reign of Louis XIV
6.0Aired 20 January 1979 • 25 min
19. Peter the Great and his Times
6.0Aired 27 January 1979 • 25 min
20. The Age of Reason (18th)
6.0Aired 3 February 1979 • 25 min
21. America
6.0Aired 3 March 1979 • 25 min
22. 1789–1814 (The French Revolution)
6.0Aired 10 March 1979 • 25 min
23. The Awakening of the People (Revolutions of 1848)
6.0Aired 17 March 1979 • 25 min
24. The Belle Epoque
6.0Aired 24 March 1979 • 25 min
25. The Crazy Years
7.0Aired 31 March 1979 • 25 min
26. Once Upon a Time... the Earth (and tomorrow?)
8.0Aired 7 April 1979 • 25 min