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
Available from retail outlets
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