This Sceptred Isle was a BBC radio series about the history of the lands and peoples of the British Isles. It was produced by Pete Atkin and bradcast in 1995 twice each day — in the morning and late at night — on Radio 4. The series was comprized of 216 episodes, 12-14 minutes each and 29 hours in total duration. Starting in 55 BC with the arrival of Julius Caesar and initially concluding in 1901 with the death of Queen Victoria, the series was read by Anna Massey and included extracts from the book A History of the English-Speaking Peoples written by Sir Winston Churchi…
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