Michael Wood
Known for
Acting
Born
July 23, 1948 (age 78)
Birthplace
Moss Side, Manchester, England, UK
Biography
Michael David Wood, OBE FSA (born 23 July 1948) is an English historian and broadcaster. He has presented numerous well-known television documentary series from the late 1970s to the present day. Wood has also written a number of books on English history, including In Search of the Dark Ages, The Domesday Quest, The Story of England, and In Search of Shakespeare. He was appointed Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester in 2013.
Best known work
The Story of India
2007
In The Footsteps of Alexander the Great
1998
In Search of the Trojan War
1985
The Story of China
2016
In Search of Shakespeare
2003
Hitler's Search for the Holy Grail
1999
King Alfred and the Anglo Saxons
2013
How China Got Rich
2019
Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet
2020
Conquistadors
2000Filmography
TBA
Michael Wood on Beowulfas Presenter
TBA
2023
2020
2019
How China Got Richas Self - Presenter, Writer
2018
2017
Ovid: The Poet and the Emperoras Himself - Presenter
2016
The Home Invadersas Victim
2016
2015
Shakespeare's Mother: The Secret Life of a Tudor Womanas Himself - Presenter, Writer
2013
2012
2010
2009
2008
Christina: A Medieval Lifeas Host, Writer
2007
2006
Gilbert White: the Nature Manas Presenter, Writer
2005
2005
In Search of Myths and Heroesas Narrator
2003
2000
1999
Hitler's Search for the Holy Grailas Narrator
1998
1991
1985