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He was educated at Grammar School in Manchester and at Oriel College, Oxford . His special interest was Anglo-Saxon history, and this was the field in which he first made his name, coming to the screen in ''In Search of the Dark Ages'', a BBC2 series in which he explored the lives of individual leaders of the period, including Athelstan , King Arthur and Eric Bloodaxe . Wood quickly became popular with many viewers for his blond good looks, deep voice, and habit of wearing tight jeans and a sheepskin jacket. However, he draws his audience from all walks of life because of his ability to present history in striking and memorable ways. 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 series ''Legacy'' ( 1992 ) is one of his more frequently broadcast documentaries on U.S. television.


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BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • ''In Search of the Dark Ages '' (1981)

  • ''In Search of the Trojan War '' (1985)

  • '' Domesday : A Search for the Roots of England'' (1988)

  • ''Legacy: A Search for the Origins of Civilization '' (1992)

  • ''The Smile of Murugan: A South Indian Journey'' (1995)

  • ''In the Footsteps of Alexander The Great '' (1997)

  • ''In Search of England: Journeys Into the English Past'' (1999)

  • '' Conquistador s'' (2000)

  • '' Shakespeare '' (2003)

  • ''In Search of Myths and Heroes '' (2005)



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