Michael Wood

Michael Wood

Birthday: 1948-07-23

Place of Birth: Moss Side, Manchester, England, UK

Biography: Michael David Wood, OBE FSA (born 23 July 1948) is an English historian and broadcaster. He has presented numerous well-known television documentary series from the late 1970s to the present day. Wood has also written a number of books on English history, including In Search of the Dark Ages, The Domesday Quest, The Story of England, and In Search of Shakespeare. He was appointed Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester in 2013.

Movies

Ancients
Ancients

Working in ancient Greece, Phineas is an established myth writer who has finished his latest tale ab...

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Hitler's Search for the Holy Grail
Hitler's Search for the Holy Grail

The worldwide Nazi search for archaeological and historical support for their beliefs in the Aryan (...

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In Search of Myths and Heroes
In Search of Myths and Heroes

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Michael Wood on Beowulf
Michael Wood on Beowulf

Historian Michael Wood returns to his first great love, the Anglo-Saxon world, to reveal the origins...

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Christina: A Medieval Life
Christina: A Medieval Life

Michael Wood explores village life in 14th century England, a time of plague, war and famine. Throug...

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Gilbert White: the Nature Man
Gilbert White: the Nature Man

Gilbert White was a "parson-naturalist", a pioneering English naturalist, ecologist and ornithologis...

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The Home Invaders
The Home Invaders

A former safecracker is lured back for one last job by an old flame and business partner. This is fi...

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Ovid: The Poet and the Emperor
Ovid: The Poet and the Emperor

Michael Wood explores the life, works and influence of one of the world's greatest storytellers who ...

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Shakespeare's Mother: The Secret Life of a Tudor Woman
Shakespeare's Mother: The Secret Life of a Tudor Woman

Michael Wood tells the extraordinary story of an ordinary woman in a time of revolution. Born during...

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Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet
Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet

Sir Ian McKellen reads the poetry, Michael Wood traces the journey on the ground. Together they conj...

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How China Got Rich
How China Got Rich

Over the last 40 years, China has been transformed out of all recognition. The scale of its growth a...

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