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History 101 (2020)

History 101 poster
Genre
documentary
Country
United Kingdom
Length
2 seasons, 20 episodes
Rated
16+
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 110 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Each short episode uses archival footage and graphics to explain a specific historical topic. The show covers many different subjects over two seasons.

educationalinformativefast-pacedmatter-of-factneutralstructuredlightweight

What happens

History 101 is a documentary television series that premiered on Netflix on 22 May 2020. The premise revolves around history mini-lessons consisting of archive footage, facts and graphs about various topics. Netflix released a second season of the series on 25 August 2022. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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