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.
Birth of a Language
Season 1 • Episode 1
English Goes Underground
Season 1 • Episode 2
The Battle for the Language of the Bible
Season 1 • Episode 3
This Earth, This Realm, This England
Season 1 • Episode 4
English in America
Season 1 • Episode 5
Speaking Proper
Season 1 • Episode 6
The Language of Empire
Season 1 • Episode 7
Many Tongues Called English, One World Language
Season 1 • Episode 8
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