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.

Known For

In Search of Shakespeare

Conquistadors

The Story of India

Ovid: The Poet and the Emperor

Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet

In Search of the Dark Ages

The Great British Story: A People's History

In The Footsteps of Alexander the Great

All Movies (11)

• Ancients2023
• Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet2020
• How China Got Rich2019 · as Self - Presenter
• Ovid: The Poet and the Emperor2017 · as Himself - Presenter
• The Home Invaders2016 · as Victim
• Shakespeare's Mother: The Secret Life of a Tudor Woman2015 · as Himself - Presenter
• Christina: A Medieval Life2008 · as Host
• Gilbert White: the Nature Man2006 · as Presenter
• In Search of Myths and Heroes2005 · as Narrator
• Hitler's Search for the Holy Grail1999 · as Narrator
• Michael Wood on Beowulf— · as Presenter

All TV Shows (14)

• 中国改革开放的故事2018 · as Self - Presenter
• The Story of China2016 · as Self - Presenter
• King Alfred and the Anglo Saxons2013 · as Self - Presenter
• The Great British Story: A People's History2012 · as Presenter
• Michael Wood's Story Of England2010 · as Self - Presenter
• The Story of India2007
• In Search of Myths and Heroes2005
• In Search of Shakespeare2003 · as Himself - Host
• Conquistadors2000
• In The Footsteps of Alexander the Great1998
• Legacy - The Origins of Civilization1991
• In Search of the Trojan War1985
• In Search of the Dark Ages1979
• Art of the Western World— · as Self - Presenter