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A Chosen People?

Episode number: 1

Overview: Diarmaid MacCulloch explores what it means to be English. In this episode, he chronicles the roots of the idea that the English think themselves better than others.

A Tolerant People?

Episode number: 2

Overview: Diarmaid MacCulloch explores what it means to be English. He challenges the commonly held assumption that the English have a long tradition of tolerance.

A White and Christian People?

Episode number: 3

Overview: Diarmaid MacCulloch explores what it means to be English. In the final programme, he examines the idea that there is an ethnic core to Englishness.