In Search of the Dark Ages
In Search of the Dark Ages is a BBC television documentary series, written and presented by historian Michael Wood, first shown between 1979 and 1981. It comprises eight short films across two series, each focusing on a particular character from the history of England prior to the Norman Conquest, a period popularly known as the Dark Ages. It is also the title of a book written by Wood to support the series, that was first published in 1981.
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In Search of the Dark Ages
In Search of the Dark Ages is a BBC television documentary series, written and presented by historian Michael Wood, first shown between 1979 and 1981. It comprises eight short films across two series, each focusing on a particular character from the history of England prior to the Norman Conquest, a period popularly known as the Dark Ages. It is also the title of a book written by Wood to support the series, that was first published in 1981.
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1981-04-09
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1979-01-02
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1981-04-09
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1979-01-02
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Wood begins in the Churchill W ...... revolution, that of literacy.
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Wood reflects on the effect of ...... f the chief makers of England.
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Wood seeks evidence of a lost ...... of Northumbrian independence.
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Wood starts in a Bradford on A ...... the rise of Sweyn's son Cnut.
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'In Search of Alfred the Great'
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In Search of Arthur
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In Search of Athelstan
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In Search of Boadicea
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In Search of Eric Bloodaxe
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In Search of Ethelred the Unready
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In Search of Offa
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In Search of William the Conqueror
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