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Originally premiering May 5th, 1973, "The Ascent of Man" stars Jacob Bronowski. The series runs 1 season(s), and has a score of 84 (out of 100) on TMDB, which put together reviews from 19 experienced people.
Want to know what the show's about? Here’s the plot: "The Ascent of Man is a thirteen-part documentary television series produced by the BBC and Time-Life Films first transmitted in 1973, written and presented by Jacob Bronowski. Intended as a series of "personal view" documentaries in the manner of Kenneth Clark's 1969 series Civilisation, the series received acclaim for Bronowski's highly informed but eloquently simple analysis, his long unscripted monologues and its extensive location shoots."
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