Andrew Marr's History of the World

Andrew Marr's History of the World
Genre	Documentary
Written by	Andrew Marr
Directed by	Neil Rawles (1,2) Renny Bartlett (3,4,5) Mark Radice (4) Robin Dashwood (6,7) Guy Smith (8)
Presented by	Andrew Marr
Composers	Robert and Peter Hartshorne
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producer	Chris Granlund
Producers	Kathryn Taylor (series) Neil Rawles (1,2) Renny Bartlett (3,4,5) Mark Radice (4) Robin Dashwood (6,7) Guy Smith (8)
Production company	BBC/Discovery Channel/Open University Co-Production
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	23 September (2012-09-23) – 11 November 2012 (2012-11-11)
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Andrew Marr's History of the World is a 2012 BBC documentary television series presented by Andrew Marr that covers 70,000 years of world history from before the beginning of human civilisation, as African nomadic peoples spread out around the world and settled down to become the first farmers, up to the twentieth century, in June of 1998.^[1]

The series is noted for its elaborate, Hollywood-like recreations of many of the people and events on which Marr frames his story. Great care was taken in accurate costumes and the use of the original language of those portrayed. To this are added elaborate digital effects, such as a recreation of the Palace of Knossos or the diversionary channels dug to control flooding of the Yellow River.