Product Details

• Actors: Timothy West, Bill Paterson, James Bolam
• Format: Box set, Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 2
• Studio: A&E Home Video
• VHS Release Date: November 26, 2002
• Run Time: 240 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 1.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00006RCON
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #374,372 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Missing "History", December 8, 2002

By 

J. T. Miller "Namvet 1964" (Urbana, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A History of Britain III [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Purchasers should be warned that "A History of Britain III"
is less than promised. This two-tape collection is missing
one of its parts. While tape one (Volume VII) is complete,
with "Forces of Nature" and "Victoria and Her Sisters,"
tape two (Volume VIII) only contains "The Two Winstons,"
without the section titles "Empire of Good Intentions."
Do not purchase this set until The History Channel can
correct this serious error.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars a very big disappointment, July 16, 2003

By 

Charles Ziembo (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A History of Britain III [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I bought the first two volumes and then happened to see the third in the library, so I checked it out. What a disappointment!! Not only was "Empire of Good Intentions" missing, as others have noted, but in this third volume Mr. Schama has gone off on a tangent and apparently forgotten this is supposed to be a history of Britain, NOT a sociological review of all that was bad in the last two centuries of Britain's history. I enjoyed learning the history of Britain in the first two, but somehow, what was actually happening in Britain in the 19th and 20th centuries was subservient to Mr. Schama's liberal take on everything. I am certainly glad I did not buy volume three. It pales in comparison to the first two.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Incomplete set, February 12, 2003

By 

Lauretta Miller (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A History of Britain III [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I am seconding the comments by Joseph Miller (no relation). Some time ago, I telephoned Britannia and told the operator that I had received 2 volumes, not 3, and the segment on the disintegration of the Empire was missing. (This was shown in its complete format on a TV program on the History Channel, so I know whereof I speak.)