How God Made the English

Season 1

2012 · 3 episodes · 3h 0m in all

Episodes

1. 1

   1. A Chosen People?

   17 Mar 2012 · 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.

2. 2

   2. A Tolerant People?

   24 Mar 2012 · 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.

3. 3

   3. A White and Christian People?

   31 Mar 2012 · 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.