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Michael Wood (born Michael David Wood, 23 July 1948 in Manchester) is a popular English historian and broadcaster. Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland See also History An historian is an individual who studies and writes about History, and is regarded as an Authority on it He has presented numerous television documentary series. Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another to " Document " reality

Wood was educated at Manchester Grammar School and at Oriel College, Oxford. The Manchester Grammar School ( MGS) is an independent boys' school (ages 9-18 in Fallowfield, Manchester, England. Oriel College, located in Oriel Square, Oxford, is the fifth oldest of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England His special interest was Anglo-Saxon history. For their language see Anglo-Saxon language. Anglo-Saxon is the term usually used to describe the invading Tribes in the south This was the field in which he first made his name. He came to the screen in In Search of the Dark Ages, a BBC2 series. It explored the lives of leaders of the period, including Athelstan, King Arthur, and Eric Bloodaxe. King Arthur is a legendary British leader who according to medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Britain against the Saxon invaders Eirik Bloodaxe ( Old Norse: Eiríkr blóðøx, Norwegian: Eirik Blodøks) (c Many of his recent documentaries are based on India including the latest The Story of India (2007). The Story of India is a TV series aired on the BBC in August and September 2007

Wood quickly became popular with many viewers for his blond good looks (he was humorously dubbed "the thinking woman's crumpet" by British newspapers), his deep voice, and his habit of wearing tight jeans and a sheepskin jacket. However, his ability to present history in striking and memorable ways has drawn a diverse audience. To date, he has over sixty documentary films to his name.

Wood's work is also well known in the United States, where it receives much airplay on PBS and on various cable television networks. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) is a Non-profit Public broadcasting Television service with 354 member TV stations in the The series Legacy (1992) is one of his more frequently broadcast documentaries on U. S. television.

In 2006, Wood joined the British School of Archaeology in Iraq campaign, aiming to train and encourage new Iraqi archaeologists, and has lectured on the subject. The British School of Archaeology in Iraq is the only body in Britain devoted to research into the ancient civilizations and languages of Mesopotamia. [1]

His partner for many years was journalist and broadcaster Pattie Coldwell. Pattie Coldwell ( 14 May 1952 &ndash 17 October 2002) was a British TV Presenter and Journalist. He currently lives in North London with his wife and two daughters, Minakshi and Jyoti. His younger daughter, Minakshi, is said to have been model spotted by Storm earlier this year and will soon be joining their agency.

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