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Episode Six: The Age of Revolution
After the religious upheaval of the 16th Century, Britain was relatively peaceful but, as Michael Wood reveals, it was to be short-lived. With civil war just around the corner, the next part of our story begins in the early 1600s - the calm before the storm for the metal workers of the Black Country.
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