Season 1
- 1Come Together10 Nov 2010
- 2The Age of Iron17 Nov 2010
- 3The Greek Thing24 Nov 2010
- 4Return of the King1 Dec 2010
- 5The Republic of Virtue8 Dec 2010
- 6City of Man, City of God15 Dec 2010
Archaeologist and historian Richard Miles explores the roots of civilisation, from the creation of the first cities in Mesopotamia some 6,000 years ago, to the decline and fall of the Roman Empire.