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Civilisation (full title, Civilisation: A Personal View) was a popular TV series outlining the history of Western society produced by the BBC and aired in 1969 on BBC Two. Kenneth Clark wrote and presented the series and also wrote the book Civilisation: A Personal View published in 1970. dust jacket of civilisation by kenneth clark ©1969 LCC#75-97174 This work is copyrighted. ... dust jacket of civilisation by kenneth clark ©1969 LCC#75-97174 This work is copyrighted. ... An American family watching television in the 1950s. ... For alternative meanings for The West in the United States, see the U.S. West and American West. ... ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... BBC Two (or BBC2 as it was formerly styled) was the second UK television station to be aired by the BBC. History The channel was scheduled to begin at 7:20pm on April 20, 1964 and show an evening of light entertainment, starting with the comedy show The Alberts and... This article is about Kenneth Clark the art historian, not Kenneth Clarke the politician. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ...

This was one of the first UK documentary series in colour, and one of BBC2's first major productions, at the time of David Attenborough's controllership. The series' groundbreaking format, in which Clark travelled around the world to illustrate his thesis, became a template for such later programs as The Ascent of Man by Jacob Bronowski, Life on Earth and sequels by David Attenborough, and Cosmos by Carl Sagan. BBC Two (or BBC2 as it was formerly styled) was the second UK television station to be aired by the BBC. History The channel was scheduled to begin at 7:20pm on April 20, 1964 and show an evening of light entertainment, starting with the comedy show The Alberts and... Sir David Frederick Attenborough, OM, CH, CVO, CBE, FRS, born May 8, 1926 in London, (the younger brother of director and actor Richard Attenborough), is the presenter of many ground-breaking and award winning BBC wildlife documentaries, and a former senior manager for the BBC. He has travelled widely, originally... The Ascent of Man (1973) is a BBC documentary series, produced in association with Time-Life Films, by Jacob Bronowski. ... Jacob Bronowski Jacob Bronowski (January 18, 1908, Lódź, Poland - August 22, 1974, East Hampton, New York, USA) was the presenter of the BBC television documentary series, The Ascent of Man which inspired Carl Sagans Cosmos series. ... This article is about the tv programme Life on Earth. ... Sir David Frederick Attenborough, OM, CH, CVO, CBE, FRS, born May 8, 1926 in London, (the younger brother of director and actor Richard Attenborough), is the presenter of many ground-breaking and award winning BBC wildlife documentaries, and a former senior manager for the BBC. He has travelled widely, originally... Cosmos: A Personal Voyage was the name of a thirteen part television series produced by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan which was first broadcast by the Public Broadcasting Service in 1980. ... A respected astronomer and dogged critic of pseudoscience, Carl Sagan is best known for his enthusiastic efforts at popularizing science. ...

The Series was replayed on BBC Four and released on DVD in 2004

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Civilisation (742 words)
	Kenneth Clark's 13-part series produced by British Broadcasting Corporation's Channel 2 (BBC-2) in 1969 and released in the United States in 1970 on public television, remains a milestone in the history of arts television, the Public Broadcasting System, and the explication of high culture to interested laypeople.
	Civilization, he suggests, is energetic, confident, humane, and compassionate, based on a belief in permanence and in the necessity of self-doubt.
	Civilisation came at an opportune time for American public television, appearing in that venue after the BBC had tried in vain to place the series with the commercial networks.

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