In Search of the Dark Ages

In Search of the Dark Ages
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Created by	BBC
Presented by	Michael Wood
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producer	Roger Laughton
Running time	35–45 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC
Release	2 January 1979 (1979-01-02) – 9 April 1981 (1981-04-09)
Related
In Search of the Trojan War
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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.^[1]