Michael Wood
Department: Acting
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
Ancients
2023
Hitler's Search for the Holy Grail
1999
In Search of Myths and Heroes
2005
Michael Wood on Beowulf
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Christina: A Medieval Life
2008
Gilbert White: the Nature Man
2006
The Home Invaders
2016
Ovid: The Poet and the Emperor
2017
Shakespeare's Mother: The Secret Life of a Tudor Woman
2015
Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet
2020
How China Got Rich
2019
In Search of Shakespeare
2003
In The Footsteps of Alexander the Great
1998
The Story of India
2007
Conquistadors
2000
In Search of Myths and Heroes
2005
In Search of the Trojan War
1985
Legacy - The Origins of Civilization
1991
Michael Wood's Story Of England
2010
King Alfred and the Anglo Saxons
2013
The Story of China
2016
The Great British Story: A People's History
2012
Art of the Western World
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中国改革开放的故事
2018
In Search of the Dark Ages
1979