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May 2011
9m 26s

1 – A History of Britain

Jamie Jeffers
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My name is Jamie, and this show is a chronological retelling of the story of Britain, from its very earliest days when prehistoric man shared the island with Giant Deer and massive earth grinding glaciers… all the way to the dawn of the Second World War. 
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