DVDs and Books
The series is available in the UK (Regions 2 and 4) as a six-disc DVD (BBCDVD1127, released 18 November 2002) in widescreen PAL format. Its special features include short interviews with Simon Schama, a text-based biography of the historian, and the inaugural BBC History Lecture of Schama's "Television and the Trouble with History".
In Region 1, it was released as A History of Britain: the complete collection on 26 November 2002. A five-disc set, the episodes were presented in full-frame NTSC format and included various text-based features. It was re-released on 22 July 2008 in a new slim-case version. It was released again in Region 1 on 17 August 2010 in a format nearly identical to the UK version noted above.
Three accompanying books by Simon Schama have been published by BBC Books. All entitled A History of Britain, they were subtitled as follows:
- At the edge of the world?: 3000 BC–AD 1603 (ISBN 0-563-38497-2, 19 October 2000)
- The British wars: 1603–1776 (ISBN 0-563-53747-7, 4 October 2001)
- The fate of empire: 1776–2001 (ISBN 0-563-53457-5, 24 October 2002)
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