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Jul 23, 1948 (77 years old)
Michael Wood
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Shakespeare's Mother: The Secret Life of a Tudor Woman
Michael Wood tells the extraordinary story of an ordinary woman...
King Alfred and the Anglo Saxons
Michael Wood argues that the most important and influential British...
The Great British Story: A People's History
Series looking at history through the eyes of ordinary people....
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.
Acting
2020
Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet
2018
中国改革开放的故事
2017
Ovid: The Poet and the Emperor
2016
The Home Invaders
2016
The Story of China
2015
Shakespeare's Mother: The Secret Life of a Tudor Woman
2013
King Alfred and the Anglo Saxons
2012
The Great British Story: A People's History
2010
Michael Wood's Story Of England
2008
Christina: A Medieval Life
2007
The Story of India
2006
Gilbert White: the Nature Man
2005
In Search of Myths and Heroes
2005
In Search of Myths and Heroes
2003
In Search of Shakespeare
2000
Conquistadors
1998
In The Footsteps of Alexander the Great
1991
Legacy - The Origins of Civilization
1985
In Search of the Trojan War