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The Ascent of Man

1973 BBC TWO documentary television series
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The Ascent of Man

Summary

The Ascent of Man is a television series[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of television_series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (217 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Ascent of Man authored Jacob Bronowski[3].
  • The Ascent of Man is the creator of Tommy Hartung[4].
  • The Ascent of Man's instance of is recorded as television series[5].
  • The Ascent of Man's director is recorded as Adrian Malone[6].
  • The Ascent of Man's genre is recorded as documentary film[7].
  • The Ascent of Man's genre is recorded as television documentary[8].
  • The Ascent of Man's collection is recorded as Museum of Modern Art[9].
  • The Ascent of Man's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0069733[10].
  • The Ascent of Man's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[11].
  • The Ascent of Man's original broadcaster is recorded as BBC Two[12].
  • The Ascent of Man's FilmAffinity film ID is recorded as 431520[13].
  • The Ascent of Man's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[14].
  • The Ascent of Man's publication date is recorded as +1973-00-00T00:00:00Z[15].
  • The Ascent of Man's start time is recorded as +1973-00-00T00:00:00Z[16].
  • The Ascent of Man's end time is recorded as +1973-00-00T00:00:00Z[17].
  • The Ascent of Man's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01hhjd[18].
  • The Ascent of Man's BBC programme ID is recorded as b00wms4m[19].
  • The Ascent of Man's number of episodes is recorded as {'amount': '+13'}[20].
  • The Ascent of Man's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Ascent of Man'}[21].
  • The Ascent of Man's Museum of Modern Art work ID is recorded as 160196[22].
  • The Ascent of Man's ČSFD film ID is recorded as 70517[23].
  • The Ascent of Man's Kinopoisk film ID is recorded as 438440[24].
  • The Ascent of Man's elFilm film ID is recorded as 69594[25].
  • The Ascent of Man's CineMagia title ID is recorded as 25948[26].
  • The Ascent of Man's TheTVDB series ID is recorded as 78944[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Ascent of Man authored Jacob Bronowski[3]. Its director is recorded as Adrian Malone[6]. It is the creator of Tommy Hartung[4].

Publication

The Ascent of Man's publication date is recorded as +1973-00-00T00:00:00Z[15]. Its original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[11]. Genres include documentary film[7] and television documentary[8].

Why It Matters

The Ascent of Man ranks in the top 9% of television_series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (217 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Museum of Modern Art United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Kinopoisk. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Zestier · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → television series
    Number of episodes → {'amount': '+13'}
    Genre → documentary film, television documentary
    Country of origin → United Kingdom
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