External Site: A History of the World in 100 Objects[info]
A 100 part series on BBC Radio 4 written and presented by Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, exploring world history from two million years ago to the present. Objects featured in the series can be explored and their stories discovered in the Museum galleries. Episodes can be searched by the twenty themes such as The Rise of World Faiths and Mass Production, Mass Persuasion.