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The history of the English language presented by Melvyn Bragg; from its modest beginnings around 500 AD as a minor Germanic dialect to its rise as a global language.

Starring
Melvyn Bragg

Episodes

  • S1 E1 Birth of a Language
  • S1 E2 English Goes Underground
  • S1 E3 The Battle for the Language of the Bible
  • S1 E4 This Earth, This Realm, This England
  • S1 E5 English in America
  • S1 E6 Speaking Proper
  • S1 E7 The Language of Empire
  • S1 E8 Many Tongues Called English, One World Language

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The Adventure of English

Documentary

The history of the English language presented by Melvyn Bragg; from its modest beginnings around 500 AD as a minor Germanic dialect to its rise as a global language.

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Released
2003
Runtime
1 hr 5 min