Michael Wood on Beowulf

Michael Wood on Beowulf


  • Genre: Documentary, History, Fantasy
  • Runtime: 0h 59min
  • Production Company: BBC
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Directors: Arif Nurmohamed, Anna Thompson.

Summary

Historian Michael Wood returns to his first great love, the Anglo-Saxon world, to reveal the origins of our literary heritage. Focusing on Beowulf and drawing on other Anglo-Saxon classics, he traces the birth of English poetry back to the Dark Ages. Travelling across the British Isles from East Anglia to Scotland and with the help of Nobel prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney, actor Julian Glover, local historians and enthusiasts, he brings the story and language of this iconic poem to life.

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  • Michael Wood

    as Presenter
  • Julian Glover

    as Self - Storyteller
Directing Arif Nurmohamed Director
Directing Anna Thompson Director

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