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Michael Wood's Story Of England

Michael Wood's Story Of England

Michael Wood's Story Of England

2010 1 Seasons 6 Episodes ⭐ 8.0 Documentary

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.

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.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Romans To Normans

With the help of the local people and using archaeology, landscape, language and DNA, Michael uncovers the lost history

EP 2

Domesday To Magna Carta

Wood's unique portrait moves on to 1066 when the Normans build a castle in Kibworth. He reveals how occupation affected

EP 3

The Great Famine And The Black Death

Wood's fascinating tale reaches the catastrophic 14th century. Kibworth goes through the worst famine in European histor

EP 4

Peasants' Revolt to Tudors

Wood's gripping tale moves on to dramatic battles of conscience in the time of the Hundred Years' War. Amazing finds in

EP 5

Henry VIII To The Industrial Revolution

The tale reaches the dramatic events of Henry VIII's Reformation and the battles of the English Civil War. We track Kibw

EP 6

Victoria to the Present Day

In this final episode, helped by today's villagers Michael uncovers the secret history of a Victorian village more colou

Popular Cast

Carenza Lewis

Carenza Lewis

Michael Wood

Michael Wood

Self - Presenter