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Michael Wood on Beowulf
Focusing on Beowulf and drawing on other Anglo-Saxon classics, Michael Wood, with the help of Seamus Heaney and others, traces the birth of English poetry back to the Dark Ages.
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.
Last on
Tue 17 Sep 2013
23:00
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Michael Wood |
| Participant | Seamus Heaney |
| Participant | Julian Glover |
| Producer | Arif Nurmohamed |
| Executive Producer | Eamon Hardy |
Broadcasts
- Thu 28 May 2009 21:00
- Thu 28 May 2009 23:30
- Mon 1 Jun 2009 23:20
- Tue 2 Jun 2009 20:00
- Fri 12 Jun 2009 23:25
- Thu 12 Nov 2009 20:00
- Fri 13 Nov 2009 01:55
- Christmas Eve 2009 23:30
- Wed 11 Aug 2010 23:30
- Sun 22 Aug 2010 01:50
- Wed 27 Feb 2013 23:00
- Mon 4 Mar 2013 23:45
- Tue 17 Sep 2013 23:00