Michael Wood Movies

  • 1999
    Hitler's Search for the Holy Grail

    Hitler's Search for the Holy Grail

    Hitler's Search for the Holy Grail

    7.31999HD

    The worldwide Nazi search for archaeological and historical support for their beliefs in the Aryan (German) master race.

    Hitler's Search for the Holy Grail
  • 2015
    Shakespeare's Mother: The Secret Life of a Tudor Woman

    Shakespeare's Mother: The Secret Life of a Tudor Woman

    Shakespeare's Mother: The Secret Life of a Tudor Woman

    02015HD

    Michael Wood tells the extraordinary story of an ordinary woman in a time of revolution. Born during the reign of Henry VIII, Mary Arden is the...

    Shakespeare's Mother: The Secret Life of a Tudor Woman
  • 2020
    Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet

    Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet

    Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet

    102020HD

    Sir Ian McKellen reads the poetry, Michael Wood traces the journey on the ground. Together they conjure up the extraordinary life, times and words of...

    Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet
  • 2016
    The Story of China

    The Story of China

    The Story of China

    02016HD

    Michael Wood embarks on a great historical adventure, exploring the stories, people and landscapes that have helped create China's distinctive...

    The Story of China
  • 2016
    The Home Invaders

    The Home Invaders

    The Home Invaders

    02016HD

    A former safecracker is lured back for one last job by an old flame and business partner. This is filmed in the style of a 1940s 'film-noir.'

    The Home Invaders
  • 2008
    Christina: A Medieval Life

    Christina: A Medieval Life

    Christina: A Medieval Life

    02008HD

    Michael Wood explores village life in 14th century England, a time of plague, war and famine. Through the use of a remarkably complete set of...

    Christina: A Medieval Life
  • 1970
    Michael Wood on Beowulf

    Michael Wood on Beowulf

    Michael Wood on Beowulf

    01970HD

    Historian Michael Wood returns to his first great love, the Anglo-Saxon world, to reveal the origins of our literary heritage. Focusing on Beowulf...

    Michael Wood on Beowulf
  • 2005
    In Search of Myths and Heroes

    In Search of Myths and Heroes

    In Search of Myths and Heroes

    02005HD

    In Search of Myths and Heroes
  • 2023
    Ancients

    Ancients

    Ancients

    02023HD

    Working in ancient Greece, Phineas is an established myth writer who has finished his latest tale about a father and a son. He meets with two young,...

    Ancients
  • 2006
    Gilbert White: the Nature Man

    Gilbert White: the Nature Man

    Gilbert White: the Nature Man

    02006HD

    Gilbert White was a "parson-naturalist", a pioneering English naturalist, ecologist and ornithologist. He is best known for his Natural History and...

    Gilbert White: the Nature Man
  • 2017
    Ovid: The Poet and the Emperor

    Ovid: The Poet and the Emperor

    Ovid: The Poet and the Emperor

    02017HD

    Michael Wood explores the life, works and influence of one of the world's greatest storytellers who died 2,000 years ago. When an Elizabethan...

    Ovid: The Poet and the Emperor