The Secret History Of Writing

The Secret History Of Writing is a TV show on British national television from BBC4 with an average rating of 3.8 stars by TelevisionCatchUp.co.uk's visitors. We have 3 episodes of The Secret History Of Writing in our archive. The first episode of The Secret History Of Writing was broadcast in October, 2020. Did you miss an episode of The Secret History Of Writing but don't you wan't that to happen in the future? Please set an alarm and add The Secret History Of Writing to your favourites, so we can remind you by email when there's a new episode available to watch. For free!

Rating:3.8 of 5Total number of episodes:3
Last broadcast:05/10/2020 at 21:00

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Series 1

Series 1, Episode 3 - Changing the Script...

05/10/2020 3.0 69 x

For more than a century, the world has seemed to be moving to a single universal script - the Latin alphabet. But that means more than changing words. It means changing identity.

Series 1, Episode 2 - Words on a Page

28/09/2020 3.5 85 x

Presenter Lydia Wilson and calligrapher Brody Neuenschwander set out to explore history’s most important technology - the technology of putting words on a page.

Series 1, Episode 1 - From Pictures to Words...

21/09/2020 4.5 65 x

The hunt for the origin of writing reveals the link between ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs and the letters we use every day.

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