A History of the World in 100 Objects

A podcast by BBC Radio 4

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101 Episodes

  1. Object 101

    Published: 12/25/2020
  2. Solar-powered lamp and charger

    Published: 10/22/2010
  3. Credit card

    Published: 10/21/2010
  4. Throne of Weapons

    Published: 10/20/2010
  5. Hockney's In the Dull Village

    Published: 10/19/2010
  6. Russian revolutionary plate

    Published: 10/18/2010
  7. Suffragette-defaced penny

    Published: 10/15/2010
  8. Sudanese slit drum

    Published: 10/14/2010
  9. Hokusai's The Great Wave

    Published: 10/13/2010
  10. Early Victorian tea set

    Published: 10/12/2010
  11. Ship's chronometer from HMS Beagle

    Published: 10/11/2010
  12. Jade bi

    Published: 10/8/2010
  13. Australian Bark Shield

    Published: 10/7/2010
  14. North American Buckskin Map

    Published: 10/6/2010
  15. Hawaiian feather helmet

    Published: 10/5/2010
  16. Akan Drum

    Published: 10/4/2010
  17. Reformation Centenary Broadsheet

    Published: 10/1/2010
  18. Mexican Codex Map

    Published: 9/30/2010
  19. Shadow Puppet of Bima

    Published: 9/29/2010
  20. Miniature of a Mughal Prince

    Published: 9/28/2010

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Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, narrates 100 programmes that retell humanity's history through the objects we have made.