Every Great Revolution, Told in Order

• 1642
• 1776
• 1789
• 1791
• 1810
• 1830
• 1848
• 1871
• 1910
• 1917
• Recap
• 2247

1. 1642
   

   Season 1

   The English Revolution

   24 episodes, 8 hours, aired Sep 2013 to Jan 2014

   King against Parliament, the New Model Army, a king on trial, and a republic that did not last.

   Opens with 1.1 The Kingdoms of Charles Stuart. Closes with 1.16 The Restoration.

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2. 1776
   

   Season 2

   The American Revolution

   17 episodes, 8 hours, aired Feb 2014 to May 2014

   Thirteen colonies, a war for independence, and the long fight to write a constitution.

   Opens with 2.1 The Thirteen Colonies. Closes with 2.15a The Bill of Rights.

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3. 1789
   

   Season 3

   The French Revolution

   61 episodes, 31 hours, aired Jul 2014 to Nov 2015

   The Bastille, the Terror, the Directory and the rise of a general named Bonaparte.

   Opens with 3.1 The Three Estates. Closes with 3.55 The Retrospective.

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4. 1791
   

   Season 4

   The Haitian Revolution

   20 episodes, 13 hours, aired Dec 2015 to Apr 2016

   The only slave revolt in history that ended with an independent nation.

   Opens with 4.01 Saint-Domingue. Closes with 4.19 The History of Haiti.

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5. 1810
   

   Season 5

   The Spanish American Wars of Independence

   28 episodes, 18 hours, aired Jun 2016 to Feb 2017

   Bolivar, San Martin and the collapse of Spain’s empire in the Americas.

   Opens with 5.01 The Conquest. Closes with 5.27 The Labyrinth.

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6. 1830
   

   Season 6

   The July Revolution

   12 episodes, 7 hours, aired Mar 2017 to May 2017

   Three days in Paris that ended the Bourbon line for good.

   Opens with 6.01 The Chain of Time. Closes with 6.08e The June Rebellion.

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7. 1848
   

   Season 7

   The Revolutions of 1848

   34 episodes, 21 hours, aired Jul 2017 to Apr 2018

   A spring when half of Europe rose at once, and what came after.

   Opens with 7.01 The Volcano. Closes with 7.33 What the Heck Just Happened.

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8. 1871
   

   Season 8

   The Paris Commune

   8 episodes, 5 hours, aired May 2018 to Jun 2018

   Seventy two days of a workers’ city government, and the Bloody Week that ended it.

   Opens with 8.1 The Second French Empire. Closes with 8.8 The Bloody Week.

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9. 1910
   

   Season 9

   The Mexican Revolution

   27 episodes, 17 hours, aired Aug 2018 to Mar 2019

   Diaz, Madero, Villa, Zapata and a decade of war that remade Mexico.

   Opens with 9.01 New Spain. Closes with 9.27 The Institutional Revolution.

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10. 1917
    

    Season 10

    The Russian Revolution

    104 episodes, 54 hours, aired May 2019 to Jul 2022

    The longest season of the show, told across more than a hundred episodes.

    Opens with 10.1 The International Working Men's Association. Closes with 10.103 The Final Chapter.

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11. Recap
    

    Season 11  Every revolution at once

    The Appendix

    13 episodes, 6 hours, aired Sep 2022 to Dec 2022

    Mike steps back and walks the pattern every revolution seems to follow.

    Opens with Appendix 1- Coming Full Circle. Closes with Final Episode- Adieu Mes Amis.

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12. 2247
    

    Season 12  A fictional history

    The Martian Revolution

    30 episodes, 15 hours, aired Oct 2024 to Jun 2025

    Season twelve. A history of a revolution that has not happened yet, told like all the rest.

    Opens with 11.0 Welcome to the Martian Revolution. Closes with 11.29 Liberty, Equality, Humanity.

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• Jun 13, 202511.29 Liberty, Equality, Humanity59 min
• Jun 03, 202511.28 Bloody Sunset56 min
• May 26, 202511.27 The Revolutionary Underground30 min
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