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MONEY
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1 season · 6 episodes total · ~6 per season.
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Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World
2019 1 seasons · 6 eps English
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7.8
BANGER
★7.8TMDB · 6
Documentary
Synopsis
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Take a mind-blowing journey through human history, told through six iconic objects that modern people take for granted, and see how science, invention and technology built on one another to change everything.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
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Cast
Jim Al-Khalili
Self - Presenter
Patrick Stewart
Narrator (voice)
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RUNTIME
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Short-form: under 10 episodes, so binge-completable in a weekend.
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RUNTIME
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Roughly 6 hours end-to-end — 1 full workdays of television.
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ERA
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Premiered 2019 and has since ended.
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WILD
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TMDB status: "Ended".
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AWARDS
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Show type: Documentary.
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CAST
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Airs on PBS, BBC Four.
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- Seasons
- 1
- Total episodes
- 6
- Avg episode length
- 60 min
- Premiered
- 2019-04-21
- Last aired
- 2019-05-26
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
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