The Story of the Jews | |
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Genre | History documentary |
Based on | The Story of the Jews by Simon Schama |
Directed by | Tim Kirby |
Presented by | Simon Schama |
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Executive producer | Nicolas Kent |
Producer | Tim Kirby |
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The Story of the Jews is a television series, in five parts, presented by British historian Simon Schama. It was broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two in September 2013[1] and in the United States on PBS in March and April 2014.[2]
It is based on Schama's book of the same title,[3] which is being published in three volumes. The first volume, Finding the Words 1000BCE – 1492CE,[4] was published in September 2013.[5] The second volume, entitled Belonging: The Story of the Jews 1492–1900, was published by Bodley Head in October 2017.[6]