Heroes of The Enlightenment (film)

In this fascinating BBC documentary mini-series, you will become acquainted with some of the greatest Enlightenment minds who changed the world, effectively helping western civilisation move toward rapid development through advancing scientific discovery, religious tolerance, revolutionary freedoms and individual rights.

Episode One introduces Isaac Newton, Diderot, the Marques de Pombal of Lisbon, Erasmus Darwin.

Episode Two continues along the timeline of The Enlightenment, introducing Frederick the Great of Prussia, Voltaire, Thomas Jefferson, the American Revolution, Condorcet, the French Revolution & The Terror which followed it.