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Michael Wood's Story of England - Episode Guide

Season 1

Romans to Normans

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Sep 22, 2010

Romans to Normans

Michael Wood uncovers the history of Kibworth's first 1000 years, with a Roman villa, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and evidence of life on the eve of the Norman Conquest.

Domesday to Magna Carta

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Sep 30, 2010

Domesday to Magna Carta

Michael Wood's unique portrait of one village through the whole of English history moves on to 1066, when the invading Normans built a castle in Kibworth.

The Great Famine and the Black Death

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Oct 7, 2010

The Great Famine and the Black Death

Michael Wood's portrait of one village across the whole of English history reaches the 14th century, when a terrible famine is followed by the Black Death.

Peasants' Revolt to Tudors

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Oct 14, 2010

Peasants' Revolt to Tudors

A portrait of one village through the whole of English history. Amazing finds in the school archive help trace peasant education back to the 14th century.

Henry VIII to the Industrial Revolution

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Oct 21, 2010

Henry VIII to the Industrial Revolution

A portrait of one village through the whole of English history sees 17th century dissenters, an 18th century writer and knitting factories.

Victoria to the Present Day

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Oct 28, 2010

Victoria to the Present Day

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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