简介：TheHistoryoftheWorldBackwardsisacomedysketchshowwrittenandstarringRobNewman.Itisamockhistoryprogrammesetinanalternativeworld,wheretimeflowsforwards,buthistoryflowsbackwards.ItisshownonBBCFour,andstartedonOctober30,2007.ItisNewman'sfirsttelevisionprojectfor14years. TheHistoryoftheWorldBackwardstellsthestoryoftheworld,butinaworldwheretimeflowsforwardswhilsthistorytoldbackwards.Inotherwords,ifyouwerebornin2007,youwouldbe60-years-oldin1947.Allthemajorhistoricaleventshappenbackwards,soforexample,NelsonMandelaentersjailaSpiceGirlsfan,andcomesoutasaterroristintentinoverthrowingthestate.Thereareseveralrecurringthemes,suchasthe"Technologycollapse",wherescientificdiscoveriesarelost,forgottenormadeunworkable.…