The Greeks

• 1. Cavemen to Kings

  45m

  Uncover the stunning origin story of the Greeks — from primordial hunter-gatherers struggling to survive on the rocky Greek mainland to savvy seafarers pioneering new trade networks across the Mediterranean Sea.

• 2. The Good Strife

  45m

  In the wake of the Bronze Age collapse, Greek civilization entered a crippling dark age. But with centralized monarchies out of the way, a new type of society was given the chance to rise from the ashes — built not by kings from the top down, but by individuals from the bottom up.

• 3. Chasing Greatness

  45m

  Democracy. Drama. Philosophy. Follow in the footsteps of the Greeks who fought against the odds to deliver the Golden Age — from their extraordinary defeat of the Persian Empire to their construction of the Parthenon. See how they let it all slip through their fingers.

Cast

Toby Leonard Moore

Narrator

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Edith Hall

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Michael Cosmopoulos

Bettany Hughes

Herself