Michael Wood
Born
July 23, 1948 (76 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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
Ancients
2023
Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet
2020
中国改革开放的故事
Self - Presenter · (5 episodes)
2018
Ovid: The Poet and the Emperor
Himself - Presenter
2017
The Home Invaders
Victim
2016
The Story of China
Actor
2016
The Story of China
Self - Presenter · (6 episodes)
2016
Shakespeare's Mother: The Secret Life of a Tudor Woman
Himself - Presenter
2015
King Alfred and the Anglo Saxons
Self - Presenter · (3 episodes)
2013
The Great British Story: A People's History
Presenter · (8 episodes)
2012
Michael Wood's Story Of England
Self - Presenter · (6 episodes)
2010
Christina: A Medieval Life
Host
2008
Gilbert White: the Nature Man
Presenter
2006
In Search of Myths and Heroes
Narrator
2005
Hitler's Search for the Holy Grail
Narrator
1999
Michael Wood on Beowulf
Presenter
The Story of India
(6 episodes)
2007
In Search of Myths and Heroes
(4 episodes)
2005
In Search of Shakespeare
Himself - Host · (4 episodes)
2003
Conquistadors
(4 episodes)
2000
In The Footsteps of Alexander the Great
(4 episodes)
1998
Legacy - The Origins of Civilization
(6 episodes)
1991
In Search of the Trojan War
(6 episodes)
1985
Art of the Western World
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
In Search of the Dark Ages
(4 episodes)
1979