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The Secret History of Writing

2020 – 2020 · BBC Four
1 seasons · 3 episodes
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How the invention of writing gave humanity a history. From hieroglyphs to emojis, an exploration of the way in which the technology of writing has shaped the world we live in.

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Lydia Wilson
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Scripted
First aired
Sep 21, 2020
Original language
EN
Country
GB

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