Michael Wood's Story Of England(2010)
Documentary
First Air Date: 2010-09-21
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 8.0
Votes: 1
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 6
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.
Keywords
villagebritish history
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 6E01
Romans To Normans
Air Date: 2010-09-21
With the help of the local people and using archaeology, landscape, language and DNA, Michael uncovers the lost histo...
E02
Domesday To Magna Carta
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...
E03
The Great Famine And The Black Death
Air Date: 2010-10-05
Wood's fascinating tale reaches the catastrophic 14th century. Kibworth goes through the worst famine in European his...
E04
Peasants' Revolt to Tudors
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 ...
E05
Henry VIII To The Industrial Revolution
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...
E06
Victoria to the Present Day
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...
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