Michael Wood
Known for ActingBorn 1948-07-23Moss Side, Manchester, England, UK
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.
Known for
Christina: A Medieval Life
2008 · as Host
Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet
2020
Shakespeare's Mother: The Secret Life of a Tudor Woman
2015 · as Himself - Presenter
Ovid: The Poet and the Emperor
2017 · as Himself - Presenter
Ancients
2023
Gilbert White: the Nature Man
2006 · as Presenter
Hitler's Search for the Holy Grail
1999 · as Narrator
How China Got Rich
2019 · as Self - Presenter
The Home Invaders
2016 · as Victim
Michael Wood on Beowulf
as Presenter
In Search of Myths and Heroes
2005 · as Narrator