Michael Wood's Story of England (2010)

Original title

Michael Wood's Story Of England

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 6 episodes

Rated

TV-PG

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary series traces the history of one English village from Roman times to today. It shows how ordinary people lived through major events by focusing on the village of Kibworth and its current residents.

educationalgentlecontemplativeintimatecleargroundedpersonalnostalgic

What happens

Michael Wood's Story of England is a six-part BBC documentary series written and presented by Michael Wood and airing from 22 September 2010. It tells the story of one place, the Leicestershire village of Kibworth, throughout the whole of English history from the Roman era to the modern era. The series focuses on tracing history through ordinary people in an ordinary English town, with current residents of Kibworth sharing what they know of their ancestors and participating in tracing their history. A four-part version aired on PBS in the United States in 2012. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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