The Adventure of English (2003)
- Genre: Documentary
- First Air Date: 2003-11-06
- Last Air Date: 2003-11-27
- Total Seasons: 1
- Total Episodes: 8
- Status: Ended
- Episode Runtime: 65 min.
- Network: ITV1
The history of the English language presented by Melvyn Bragg; from its modest beginnings around 500 AD as a minor Germanic dialect to its rise as a global language.
| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | Birth of a Language | 2003-11-06 | 65 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | English Goes Underground | 2003-11-06 | 65 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 3 | The Battle for the Language of the Bible | 2003-11-13 | 65 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 4 | This Earth, This Realm, This England | 2003-11-13 | 65 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 5 | English in America | 2003-11-20 | 65 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 6 | Speaking Proper | 2003-11-20 | 65 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 7 | The Language of Empire | 2003-11-27 | 65 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 8 | Many Tongues Called English, One World Language | 2003-11-27 | 65 min |
