Michael Wood
Acting
- Born:
- 1948-07-23
- Place of birth:
- Moss Side, Manchester, England, UK
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Ancients
Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet
How China Got Rich
中国改革开放的故事
Ovid: The Poet and the Emperor
The Home Invaders
The Story of China
Shakespeare's Mother: The Secret Life of a Tudor Woman
King Alfred and the Anglo Saxons
The Great British Story: A People's History
Michael Wood's Story Of England
Michael Wood: In search of Beowulf
Christina: A Medieval Life
The Story of India
Gilbert White: the Nature Man
In Search of Myths and Heroes
In Search of Myths and Heroes
In Search of Shakespeare
Conquistadors
Hitler's Search for the Holy Grail
In The Footsteps of Alexander the Great
Legacy - The Origins of Civilization
In Search of the Trojan War
In Search of the Dark Ages
Michael Wood on Beowulf
Art of the Western World