Michael Wood's Story of England

Michael Wood's Story of England
GenreDocumentary
Written byMichael Wood
Directed byWayne Derrick
Presented byMichael Wood
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producerCassian Harrison
ProducerRebecca Dodds
CinematographyPeter Harvey
Running time55–60 minutes
Production companyMaya Vision for BBC
Original release
NetworkBBC
Release22 September (2010-09-22) –
27 October 2010 (2010-10-27)
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Michael Wood's Story of England is a six-part BBC documentary series written and presented by Michael Wood and airing from 22 September 2010. It tells the story of one place, the Leicestershire village of Kibworth, throughout the whole of English history from the Roman era to modern times.[1] The series focuses on tracing history through ordinary people in an ordinary English town, with current residents of Kibworth sharing what they know of their ancestors and participating in tracing their history. A four-part version aired on PBS in the United States in 2012.[2][3]

  1. ^ BBC official site
  2. ^ PBS official site
  3. ^ David Wiegand (1 July 2012). "Village life opens door to 'The Story of England'". San Francisco Chronicle.