Michael Wood
July 23, 1948 (77 years old) in Moss Side, Manchester, England, UK
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
Credits
- 2023 · Ancients as
- 2020 · Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet as
- 2018 · 中国改革开放的故事 as Self - Presenter
- 2017 · Ovid: The Poet and the Emperor as Himself - Presenter
- 2016 · The Home Invaders as Victim
- 2016 · The Story of China as Self - Presenter
- 2015 · Shakespeare's Mother: The Secret Life of a Tudor Woman as Himself - Presenter
- 2013 · King Alfred and the Anglo Saxons as Self - Presenter
- 2012 · The Great British Story: A People's History as Presenter
- 2010 · Michael Wood's Story Of England as Self - Presenter
- 2008 · Christina: A Medieval Life as Host
- 2007 · The Story of India as
- 2005 · In Search of Myths and Heroes as
- 2003 · In Search of Shakespeare as Himself - Host
- 2000 · Conquistadors as
- 1998 · In The Footsteps of Alexander the Great as
- Future · Art of the Western World as Self - Presenter
- 2006 · Gilbert White: the Nature Man as Presenter
- 2005 · In Search of Myths and Heroes as Narrator
- 1999 · Hitler's Search for the Holy Grail as Narrator
- 1991 · Legacy - The Origins of Civilization as
- 1985 · In Search of the Trojan War as
- 1979 · In Search of the Dark Ages as
- Future · Michael Wood on Beowulf as Presenter