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A History of the World in 100 Objects
A History of the World in 100 Objects
BBC Radio 4

Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, narrates 100 programmes that retell humanity's history through the objects we have made.

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Episodes

Object 101

Ten years on from the ground-breaking Radio 4 series, "A History of The World in 100 Objects", former director of... more

25 Dec 2020 · 37 minutes
Solar-powered lamp and charger

The very last episode in Neil MacGregor's history of humanity as told through the things that time has left behind.... more

22 Oct 2010 · 13 minutes
Credit card

Neil MacGregor's history of the world as told through things. Throughout this week he is examining objects that speak of... more

21 Oct 2010 · 13 minutes
Throne of Weapons

The history of humanity, as told through one hundred objects from the British Museum in London, is drawing to an... more

20 Oct 2010 · 14 minutes
Hockney's In the Dull Village

This week Neil MacGregor's history of the world is examining the forces that helped shape our way of life and... more

19 Oct 2010 · 13 minutes
Russian revolutionary plate

Neil MacGregor's history of the world as told through things that time has left behind. Throughout this closing week he... more

18 Oct 2010 · 14 minutes
Suffragette-defaced penny

Neil MacGregor's world history told through objects from the British Museum in London. The objects he has chosen this week... more

15 Oct 2010 · 14 minutes
Sudanese slit drum

Neil MacGregor's history of the world as told through things. Throughout this week he is examining the great shifts in... more

14 Oct 2010 · 13 minutes
Hokusai's The Great Wave

The history of humanity - as told through one hundred objects from the British Museum in London - is once... more

13 Oct 2010 · 13 minutes
Early Victorian tea set

This week Neil MacGregor's history of the world is looking at how the global economy became cemented in the 19th... more

12 Oct 2010 · 14 minutes
A History of the World in 100 Objects
Object 101
A History of the World in 100 Objects