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Watch Timewatch online: Episode 1 The Master Builders

Peter France introduces the programme from the British Museum after outlining the story of the Museum. An item about the origins of the British Prison Service, and an early and unsuccessful - reform experiment called "The Separate System" An item revealing the way the Brothers Grimm changed the tales which they wrote down, to suit emerging German nationalism. Michael Duffy introduces an item about English nationalism in the 17th and 18th century, focussing especially on satirical prints of Welsh, Scots, and Irish nationals.

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