How God Made the English

E1. A Chosen People?

Mar 17, 2012 · 60m

Diarmaid MacCulloch explores what it means to be English. In this episode, he chronicles the roots of the idea that the English think themselves better than others.

E2. A Tolerant People?

Mar 24, 2012 · 60m

Diarmaid MacCulloch explores what it means to be English. He challenges the commonly held assumption that the English have a long tradition of tolerance.

E3. A White and Christian People?

Mar 31, 2012 · 60m

Diarmaid MacCulloch explores what it means to be English. In the final programme, he examines the idea that there is an ethnic core to Englishness.