6: Victoria to the Present Day | Michael Wood’s Story of England

Duration: 59'06''

Synopsis

The story of one village across all of English history concludes with a look at Victorian concerts, WWI battlefields and the 1940 bombing of Kibworth.

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1: Romans to Normans | Michael Wood's Story of England

1: Romans to Normans | Michael Wood's Story of England

BBC Four | 2010 | 58'57''

Michael Wood uncovers the history of Kibworth's first 1,000 years, with a Roman villa, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and evide...

2: Domesday to Magna Carta | Michael Wood's Story of England

2: Domesday to Magna Carta | Michael Wood's Story of England

BBC Four | 2010 | 59'08''

Michael Wood's unique portrait of one village through the whole of English history moves on to 1066, when the in...

3: The Great Famine and the Black Death | Michael Wood's Story of England

3: The Great Famine and the Black Death | Michael Wood's Story of England

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4: Peasants' Revolt to Tudors | Michael Wood's Story of England

4: Peasants' Revolt to Tudors | Michael Wood's Story of England

BBC Four | 2010 | 59'08''

A portrait of one village through the whole of English history. Amazing finds in the school archive help trac...

5: Henry VIII to the Industrial Revolution | Michael Wood's Story of England

5: Henry VIII to the Industrial Revolution | Michael Wood's Story of England

BBC Four | 2010 | 59'05''

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Artefact: Nellie Dean's Letter | Michael Wood's Story of England

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BBC Four | 2010 | 2'49''

Michael Wood learns about Suffragette Nellie Taylor and her experiences during a London window-smashing camp...

Norman castles | Michael Wood's Story of England

Norman castles | Michael Wood's Story of England

BBC Four | 2010 | 6'08''

William the Conqueror brought castle-building to England, oppressing the English by installing French men as the local autho...

Norman invasion | Michael Wood's Story of England

Norman invasion | Michael Wood's Story of England

BBC Four | 2010 | 1'51''

Michael talks to some historical reenactors about what the Norman Conquest would have been like for the Anglo-Saxons.

Norman land ownership | Michael Wood's Story of England

Norman land ownership | Michael Wood's Story of England

BBC Four | 2010 | 2'04''

Records in the national archives detail how small villages were divided up after the Norman invasion.

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01: The 1940s, 50s and 60s | Back in Time for Christmas

BBC Two | 2015 | 58'50''

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02: The 1970s, 80s and 90s | Back in Time for Christmas

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04: Pleasure and Escape | Britain and the Sea

04: Pleasure and Escape | Britain and the Sea

BBC One | 2013 | 59'19''

David Dimbleby explores how the sea emerged as a source of pleasure, Punch and Judy and sand sculpture, before docking into Gre...

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1: Victorian | Back in Time for the Corner Shop

BBC Two | 2020 | 58'50''

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1: We Can Be Heroes | Revolution and Romance: Musical Masters of the 19th Century

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18: 1963: Picture Power | People's Century

18: 1963: Picture Power | People's Century

BBC Two | 1996 | 52'33''

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BBC Two | 2015 | 59'04''

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1960s | Back in Time for Dinner

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BBC Two | 2015 | 59'07''

The family and their home are transported to the space-age 60s, with a gleaming fitted kitchen and the arrival of a host of new tastes and fl...

1970s | Back in Time for Dinner

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BBC Two | 2015 | 59'32''

The family and their home strut into the 70s, and culinary innovations from powdered orange juice to boil-in-the-bag cod come thick and fast.

1980s | Back in Time for Dinner

1980s | Back in Time for Dinner

BBC Two | 2015 | 59'08''

The family and their home are transported to the hi-tech 80s, with a gadget-filled kitchen including a microwave the size of a small car.

1990s | Back in Time for Dinner

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BBC Two | 2015 | 59'04''

The Robshaw family enter the 90s. Giles Coren and food historian Polly Russell introduce them to the culinary treats of the era.

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2: 20s, 30s and 40s | Back in Time for the Corner Shop

BBC Two | 2020 | 59'04''

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2: Monopolies and Mergers | Games Britannia

2: Monopolies and Mergers | Games Britannia

BBC Four | 2009 | 58'35''

Series about the history of popular games in Britain. Benjamin Woolley traces the political and social impact that board games ha...

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2: Saxon and Viking Games | Games People Played

BBC Two | 1981 | 9'28''

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2: Talkin' 'Bout a Revolution | Revolution and Romance: Musical Masters of the 19th Century

2: Talkin' 'Bout a Revolution | Revolution and Romance: Musical Masters of the 19th Century

BBC Four | 2016 | 58'58''

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BBC Two | 1995 | 23'58''

Schools history programme looking at the 1960's.

21: 1968: New Release | People's Century

21: 1968: New Release | People's Century

BBC Two | 1997 | 53'34''

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3: 50s and 60s | Back in Time for the Corner Shop

BBC Two | 2020 | 58'55''

The Arderns continue their time-travelling adventure from postwar rationing to the boom years of the 60s and discover how s...

3: Joystick Generation | Games Britannia

3: Joystick Generation | Games Britannia

BBC Four | 2009 | 59'05''

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3: Party Like It's 1899 | Revolution and Romance: Musical Masters of the 19th Century

3: Party Like It's 1899 | Revolution and Romance: Musical Masters of the 19th Century

BBC Four | 2016 | 58'59''

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2: Silk Roads and China Ships | The Story of China

BBC Two | 2016 | 59'04''

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3: Across the Hindu Kush | In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great

3: Across the Hindu Kush | In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great

BBC Two | 1998 | 58'55''

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Heinrich Schliemann and Archaeology | In Search of the Trojan War

BBC Two | 1985 | 3'45''

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