Person

Michael Wood

Acting · Born 1948-07-23 · Moss Side, Manchester, England, UK

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.

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  Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet

  2020

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  Conquistadors

  2000

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  The Story of India

  2007

• Ancients

  2023

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  In The Footsteps of Alexander the Great

  1998

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  The Story of China

  Self - Presenter

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  Gilbert White: the Nature Man

  Presenter

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  In Search of the Dark Ages

  1979

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  中国改革开放的故事

  Self - Presenter

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  Christina: A Medieval Life

  Host

• 2023Ancients
• 2020Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet
• 2019How China Got RichSelf - Presenter
• 2018中国改革开放的故事Self - Presenter
• 2017Ovid: The Poet and the EmperorHimself - Presenter
• 2016The Home InvadersVictim
• 2016The Story of ChinaSelf - Presenter
• 2015Shakespeare's Mother: The Secret Life of a Tudor WomanHimself - Presenter
• 2013King Alfred and the Anglo SaxonsSelf - Presenter
• 2012The Great British Story: A People's HistoryPresenter
• 2010Michael Wood's Story Of EnglandSelf - Presenter
• 2009Michael Wood: In search of BeowulfPresenter
• 2008Christina: A Medieval LifeHost
• 2007The Story of India
• 2006Gilbert White: the Nature ManPresenter
• 2005In Search of Myths and Heroes
• 2005In Search of Myths and HeroesNarrator
• 2003In Search of ShakespeareHimself - Host
• 2000Conquistadors
• 1999Hitler's Search for the Holy GrailNarrator
• 1998In The Footsteps of Alexander the Great
• 1991Legacy - The Origins of Civilization
• 1985In Search of the Trojan War
• 1979In Search of the Dark Ages
• —Michael Wood on BeowulfPresenter
• —Art of the Western WorldSelf - Presenter