Michael Wood
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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Films (11)
Ancients
2023

Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet
2020

How China Got Rich
2019 · Self - Presenter, Writer

Ovid: The Poet and the Emperor
2017 · Himself - Presenter

The Home Invaders
2016 · Victim

Shakespeare's Mother: The Secret Life of a Tudor Woman
2015 · Himself - Presenter, Writer

Christina: A Medieval Life
2008 · Host, Writer

Gilbert White: the Nature Man
2006 · Presenter, Writer

In Search of Myths and Heroes
2005 · Narrator

Hitler's Search for the Holy Grail
1999 · Narrator

Michael Wood on Beowulf
· Presenter
Séries (15)

中国改革开放的故事
2018 · Self - Presenter

The Story of China
2016 · Self - Presenter, Writer, Creator

King Alfred and the Anglo Saxons
2013 · Self - Presenter

The Great British Story: A People's History
2012 · Presenter, Creator

Michael Wood's Story Of England
2010 · Self - Presenter

Michael Wood: In search of Beowulf
2009 · Presenter

The Story of India
2007

In Search of Myths and Heroes
2005

In Search of Shakespeare
2003 · Himself - Host, Writer, Presenter, Creator

Conquistadors
2000 · Presenter, Writer

In The Footsteps of Alexander the Great
1998

Legacy - The Origins of Civilization
1991

In Search of the Trojan War
1985

In Search of the Dark Ages
1979 · Creator

Art of the Western World
· Self - Presenter
