How God Made the English

How God Made the English was a British documentary series about the English national identity and its history.^[1] It was shown on BBC Two and hosted by historian Diarmaid MacCulloch.^[1]

How God Made the English
Genre	Documentary
Directed by	Anna Cox (episodes 1 and 2) Gillian Bancroft (episode 3)
Presented by	Diarmaid MacCulloch
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	3 (list of episodes)
Original release
Network	BBC Two
Release	17 March (2012-03-17) – 31 March 2012 (2012-03-31)

Episode list

#	Title[2]	Director and Producer	Air date[2]
1	"A Chosen People?"	Anna Cox	17 March 2012 (2012-03-17)
2	"A Tolerant People?"	Anna Cox	24 March 2012 (2012-03-24)
3	"A White and Christian People?"	Gillian Bancroft	31 March 2012 (2012-03-31)

A Chosen People?

In the first episode Bede’s history is suggested as the origin of the English identity as a Chosen people by God.