The Adventure of English

The Adventure of English (2003)

★ 8.6 (5) 1 Season 8 Episodes Ended
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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Birth of a Language
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E01 65m

Birth of a Language

2003-11-06
English Goes Underground
E02 65m

English Goes Underground

2003-11-06
The Battle for the Language of the Bible
E03 65m

The Battle for the Language of the Bible

2003-11-13
This Earth, This Realm, This England
E04 65m

This Earth, This Realm, This England

2003-11-13
English in America
E05 65m

English in America

2003-11-20
Speaking Proper
E06 65m

Speaking Proper

2003-11-20
The Language of Empire
E07 65m

The Language of Empire

2003-11-27
Many Tongues Called English, One World Language
E08 65m

Many Tongues Called English, One World Language

2003-11-27

Cast

Melvyn Bragg
Melvyn Bragg

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