The Adventure of English
tv show

8 total episodes
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1 seasons
First Aired November 06, 2003
Genres:
Overview
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.

Season 1
8 episodes
Air Date
November 06, 2003

Birth of a Language
Episode 1 - 1h 5m
November 06, 2003

English Goes Underground
Episode 2 - 1h 5m
November 06, 2003

The Battle for the Language of the Bible
Episode 3 - 1h 5m
November 13, 2003

This Earth, This Realm, This England
Episode 4 - 1h 5m
November 13, 2003

English in America
Episode 5 - 1h 5m
November 20, 2003

Speaking Proper
Episode 6 - 1h 5m
November 20, 2003

The Language of Empire
Episode 7 - 1h 5m
November 27, 2003

Many Tongues Called English, One World Language
Episode 8 - 1h 5m
November 27, 2003
