| Big History | |
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| Genre | Entertainment |
| Narrated by | Bryan Cranston |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes 2 hour final episode |
| Original release | |
| Network | H2 |
| Release | November 2 – December 28, 2013 |
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Big History is an American television documentary series narrated by Bryan Cranston, which originally aired on H2 in 2013. It won the 35th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Graphic Design and Art Direction.[1]
Each episode covers a single topic from history and shows connections between that topic and various fields of science and social science. Sixteen half-hour episodes aired in the first season, followed by a two-hour finale drawing connections between the sixteen topics.[2] The series has been criticized by Media Life Magazine for its factual inaccuracies.[3]
The series takes its title from a coinage by David Christian who describes Big History as an emerging academic discipline and approach to history that is less interested in wars and monarchs than it is in the way events are connected thematically and even molecularly, back to the Big Bang.[4]
- ^ "Winners Announced for the 35th Annal News & Documentary Emmy Awards". emmyonline.com. Archived from the original on May 25, 2019. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
- ^ Elavsky, Cindy (October 20, 2013). "Celebrity Extra". King Features. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
- ^ "'Big History,' bad facts and much BS". Archived from the original on May 28, 2017. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
- ^ Genzlinger, Neil (November 1, 2013). "'Big History,' a New Series, Debuts on H2". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 11, 2017.