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Michael Wood's Story Of England

Rating:3.3 of 5Total number of episodes:6Last broadcast:27/05/2020 at 20:00
May 2020

6. Victoria to the Present Day

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The story of one village across all of English history concludes with a look at Victorian concerts, WWI battlefields and the 1940 bombing of Kibworth.

5. Henry VIII to the Industrial Revolution...

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A portrait of one village through the whole of English history sees 17th-century dissenters, an 18th-century writer and knitting factories.

4. Peasants' Revolt to Tudors

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A portrait of one village through the whole of English history. Amazing finds in the school archive help trace peasant education back to the 14th century.

3. The Great Famine and the Black Death...

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Michael Wood's portrait of one village across the whole of English history reaches the 14th century, when a terrible famine is followed by the Black Death.
April 2020

2. Domesday to Magna Carta

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Michael Wood's unique portrait of one village through the whole of English history moves on to 1066, when the invading Normans built a castle in Kibworth.

1. Romans to Normans

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Michael Wood uncovers the history of Kibworth's first 1,000 years, with a Roman villa, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and evidence of life on the eve of the Norman Conquest.
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