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Michael Wood on Beowulf ()
Directed by Arif Nurmohamed, Anna Thompson
Documentary, History, Fantasy · 59m
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.
Cast
Michael Wood
Julian Glover
Crew
- Director
- Arif Nurmohamed, Anna Thompson
Details
- Runtime
- 59m
- Genres
- Documentary, History, Fantasy
- Original language
- EN
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- BBC