
Groundbreaking series in which Michael Wood tells the story of one place throughout the whole of English history. The village is Kibworth in Leicestershire in the heart of England - a place that lived through the Black Death, the Civil War and the Industrial Revolution and was even bombed in World War Two.
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Air Date: 2010-09-21
With the help of the local people and using archaeology, landscape, language and DNA, Michael uncovers the lost histo...
Air Date: 2010-09-28
Wood's unique portrait moves on to 1066 when the Normans build a castle in Kibworth. He reveals how occupation affect...
Air Date: 2010-10-05
Wood's fascinating tale reaches the catastrophic 14th century. Kibworth goes through the worst famine in European his...
Air Date: 2010-10-14
Wood's gripping tale moves on to dramatic battles of conscience in the time of the Hundred Years' War. Amazing finds ...
Air Date: 2010-10-19
The tale reaches the dramatic events of Henry VIII's Reformation and the battles of the English Civil War. We track K...
Air Date: 2010-10-28
In this final episode, helped by today's villagers Michael uncovers the secret history of a Victorian village more co...