Story of England

Alternative title

Michael Wood’s Story of England

Synopsis

Six-part BBC series about the story of one village through the whole of English history. Using documents, landscape, buildings, science and archaeology, and with the help of the villagers themselves, historian Michael Wood explores the lives of the ordinary people against the backdrop of national events across more than a thousand years, from the Viking invasions and the Norman Conquest to the Industrial Revolution and the two World Wars. Villagers uncover archaeological evidence to fill in the unknown history of their community before 1066, charting the coming of Romans Anglo-Saxons and Vikings into the village; they help dig into local and national archives, and reconstruct a Victorian village concert; villagers go on a school trip to World War One battlefields.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Year of release

2010

Subjects

History

Keywords

communities; England; Leicestershire

Credits

Contributor

Michael Wood

Distribution Formats

Type

DVD

Format

Region 2 PAL

Price

£10.92

Availability

Sale

Duration/Size

360 minutes

Year

2018

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Distributor

 

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