Watch Series: The Ascent of Man Released in (1973) - Season 1 produced by UK, The TV Series categorized in Documentary, History, and content rating TV-G with duration 50 min broadcasted as these networks BBC Two, Streamed at Putlocker & directed by Dick Gilling, David Kennard, Adrian Malone. 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. - Season 1