Michael Wood
Popularity:1.746
Known For:Acting
Birthday:1948-07-23
Place of Birth:Moss Side, Manchester, England, UK
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Ancients (2023)
Working in ancient Greece, Phineas is an established myth writer who has finished his latest tale about a father and a son. He meets with two young,...
Hitler's Search for the Holy Grail (1999)
The worldwide Nazi search for archaeological and historical support for their beliefs in the Aryan (German) master race.
The Story of China (2016)
Michael Wood embarks on a great historical adventure, exploring the stories, people and landscapes that have helped create China's distinctive...
Michael Wood on Beowulf (1970)
Historian Michael Wood returns to his first great love, the Anglo-Saxon world, to reveal the origins of our literary heritage. Focusing on Beowulf...
Christina: A Medieval Life (2008)
Michael Wood explores village life in 14th century England, a time of plague, war and famine. Through the use of a remarkably complete set of...
Gilbert White: the Nature Man (2006)
Gilbert White was a "parson-naturalist", a pioneering English naturalist, ecologist and ornithologist. He is best known for his Natural History and...
The Home Invaders (2016)
A former safecracker is lured back for one last job by an old flame and business partner. This is filmed in the style of a 1940s 'film-noir.'
Ovid: The Poet and the Emperor (2017)
Michael Wood explores the life, works and influence of one of the world's greatest storytellers who died 2,000 years ago. When an Elizabethan...
Shakespeare's Mother: The Secret Life of a Tudor Woman (2015)
Michael Wood tells the extraordinary story of an ordinary woman in a time of revolution. Born during the reign of Henry VIII, Mary Arden is the...
Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet (2020)
Sir Ian McKellen reads the poetry, Michael Wood traces the journey on the ground. Together they conjure up the extraordinary life, times and words of...
Shakespeare's Mother: The Secret Life of a Tudor Woman (2015)
In Search of Shakespeare (2003)
Complete four part series exploring the life of the world's greatest and most famous writer. Presenter-led, mixing travel, adventure, live action...
In The Footsteps of Alexander the Great (1998)
In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great was a BBC documentary television series first shown in 1998. It was written and presented by British...
The Story of India (2007)
For over two millennia, India has been at the centre of world history. But how did India come to be? What is India? These are the big questions...
Conquistadors (2000)
Conquistadors is a documentary retelling of the story of the Spanish expeditions of conquest of the Americas. In this 4-part series historian Michael...
In Search of the Trojan War (1985)
Michael Wood examines how far the historical and archeological evidence matches with the tale of the Trojan War.
Legacy - The Origins of Civilization (1991)
What can the past teach us about the present? Come along as charismatic historian Michael Wood (The Story of India) travels the globe to trace the...
Michael Wood's Story Of England (2010)
Groundbreaking series in which Michael Wood tells the story of one place throughout the whole of English history. The village is Kibworth in...
King Alfred and the Anglo Saxons (2013)
Michael Wood argues that the most important and influential British kings were a father, son and grandson who lived over a thousand years ago during...
The Story of China (2016)
Michael Wood embarks on a great historical adventure, exploring the stories, people and landscapes that have helped create China's distinctive...
The Great British Story: A People's History (2012)
Series looking at history through the eyes of ordinary people. Rulers and royals, lords and ladies have all had their say down the centuries, what...
Art of the Western World (1970)
First broadcast on October 2, 1989, these 18 original 30-minute episodes provide a panorama of 2000 years of architecture, painting and sculpture,...
In Search of the Dark Ages (1979)
In Search of the Dark Ages was a television series, written and presented by Michael Wood, and first shown in 1979. It is also the title of a book...
In Search of the Dark Ages (1970)
Historian Michael Wood returns to his first great love, the Anglo-Saxon world, to reveal the origins of our literary heritage. Focusing on Beowulf...
In Search of the Dark Ages (1970)
Complete four part series exploring the life of the world's greatest and most famous writer. Presenter-led, mixing travel, adventure, live action...
In Search of the Dark Ages (1970)
Michael Wood embarks on a great historical adventure, exploring the stories, people and landscapes that have helped create China's distinctive...
In Search of the Dark Ages (1970)
Series looking at history through the eyes of ordinary people. Rulers and royals, lords and ladies have all had their say down the centuries, what...
In Search of the Dark Ages (1970)
In Search of the Dark Ages was a television series, written and presented by Michael Wood, and first shown in 1979. It is also the title of a book...
In Search of the Dark Ages (1970)
Michael Wood embarks on a great historical adventure, exploring the stories, people and landscapes that have helped create China's distinctive...