
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1948-07-23
Place of Birth
Moss Side, Manchester, England, UK
Michael Wood
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.
Known For

The Story of India

In The Footsteps of Alexander the Great

In Search of the Trojan War

The Story of China
as Self - Presenter

Hitler's Search for the Holy Grail
as Narrator

In Search of Shakespeare
as Himself - Host

King Alfred and the Anglo Saxons
as Self - Presenter

Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet

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