Games Britannia
2009 · BBC Four · 60 min · 1 season
S01E03 · Joystick Generation
Tue, 22 Dec, 8:00 am
Benjamin Woolley explores the journey games have taken from board to screen in the past 30 years.
About
Three-part series presented by historian Benjamin Woolley about popular games in Britain from the Iron Age to the Information Age, in which he unravels how an apparently trivial pursuit is a rich and entertaining source of cultural and social history.
Episodes
- E01
Dicing with Destiny
Tue, 8 Dec· 60 minSeries about the history of popular games in Britain. Ancient games were fundamental, but by the late Middle Ages gaming had become associated with gambling.
- E02
Monopolies and Mergers
Tue, 15 Dec· 60 minBenjamin Woolley traces the political and social impact that board games have had in the past 200 years.
- E03
Joystick Generation
Tue, 22 Dec· 60 minBenjamin Woolley explores the journey games have taken from board to screen in the past 30 years.
Cast
Benjamin Woolley
Presenter