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Watch documentaries on a variety of Old English topics. Learn about the Anglo-Saxons, their history, culture and language with entertaining video clips.
Produced in 2003 | |
 The IMDb cover of The Adventure of English | |
An ITV series presented by Melvyn Bragg on the history of English. The first episode, “Birth of a Language”, follows Old English from the Germanic settlements through the Viking raids to Alfred. | |
Produced in 1992 | |
 Before Babel A BBC-Horizon documentary | |
A BBC documentary on language reconstruction, the discovery of the Indo-European language family (of which (Old) English is a member), the hypothesis of language superfamilies and the notion of a mother tongue of all human languages spoken today. It was broadcast in the US by PBS as part of NOVA under the title In Search of the First Language(1994). | |
Produced in 2003 | |
 DVD cover of the 2007 DVD release | |
A BBC4 documentary about one of the British Library's most valuable gems: the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf. This 60 minute program explores the epic poem, its preservation and re-discovery by Tolkien. | |
Produced in 2012 | |
 The Staffordshire Anglo-Saxon Gold Hoard found in 2009 | |
A 2012 BBC2 documentary on one of the largest treasures ever found: the Staffordshire Anglo-Saxon gold hoard. | |
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