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    Fifty Things You Need To Know About British History

    By Hugh Williams

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateNov 13, 2008
    ISBN9780007309504
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    Fifty Things You Need To Know About British History
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    Hugh Williams

    Hugh Williams read Modern History at Oxford before beginning his career in television with the BBC. He has specialised in history and current affairs programming and in the early 80s was responsible for introducing the famous BBC history programme ‘Timewatch’ into the schedules. While Head of Broadcasting in Manchester he had the idea for and subsequently commissioned A.N. Wilson’s series ‘Eminent Victorians’.

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