Seven Ages of Britain is a BBC television documentary series written and presented by David Dimbleby.

The series covers the history of Britain's greatest art and artefacts over the past 2000 years.

In Summer 2009 artist Nathaniel Mellors was commissioned by the BBC to make a short "work of modern art" to introduce the final episode of the series.

The resultant work The Seven Ages of Britain Teaser features Dimbleby voicing a silicon mask cast from his own face, alongside actors Gwendoline Christie ( as 'The Operator') and Johnny Vivash (as 'Kadmus').

Channel 4 had previously aired a series by the same title but covering a broader time period in 2003, presented by Bettany Hughes.