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Watching: The Ascent of Man
8.5•1973-05-05•1 Seasons
Season 1
Episode 5
Seasons
Episodes
EP 1
Lower Than the Angels
EP 2
The Harvest of the Seasons
EP 3
The Grain in the Stone
EP 4
The Hidden Structure
EP 5
Music of the Spheres
EP 6
The Starry Messenger
EP 7
The Majestic Clockwork
EP 8
The Drive for Power
EP 9
The Ladder of Creation
EP 10
World Within World
EP 11
Knowledge or Certainty
EP 12
Generation Upon Generation
EP 13
The Long Childhood
Overview
The Ascent of Man is a thirteen-part documentary television series produced by the BBC and Time-Life Films first transmitted in 1973, written and presented by Jacob Bronowski. Intended as a series of "personal view" documentaries in the manner of Kenneth Clark's 1969 series Civilisation, the series received acclaim for Bronowski's highly informed but eloquently simple analysis, his long unscripted monologues and its extensive location shoots.