Michael Wood
Acting • Born 1948-07-23
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.
Filmography
25 credits
Ancients
Movie • 2023
Hitler's Search for the Holy Grail
Movie • 1999
Narrator
In Search of Myths and Heroes
Movie • 2005
Narrator
Michael Wood on Beowulf
Movie
Presenter
Christina: A Medieval Life
Movie • 2008
Host
Gilbert White: the Nature Man
Movie • 2006
Presenter
The Home Invaders
Movie • 2016
Victim
Ovid: The Poet and the Emperor
Movie • 2017
Himself - Presenter
Shakespeare's Mother: The Secret Life of a Tudor Woman
Movie • 2015
Himself - Presenter
Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet
Movie • 2020
How China Got Rich
Movie • 2019
Self - Presenter
In Search of Shakespeare
TV • 2003
Himself - Host
In The Footsteps of Alexander the Great
TV • 1998
The Story of India
TV • 2007
Conquistadors
TV • 2000
In Search of Myths and Heroes
TV • 2005
In Search of the Trojan War
TV • 1985
Legacy - The Origins of Civilization
TV • 1991
Michael Wood's Story Of England
TV • 2010
Self - Presenter
King Alfred and the Anglo Saxons
TV • 2013
Self - Presenter
The Story of China
TV • 2016
Self - Presenter
The Great British Story: A People's History
TV • 2012
Presenter
Art of the Western World
TV
Self - Presenter
中国改革开放的故事
TV • 2018
Self - Presenter
In Search of the Dark Ages
TV • 1979