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