The Adventure of English

Join Melvyn Bragg and a host of experts as they explore the vibrant 1,500-year history of the English language. Renowned authorities such as Nobel Prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney and the Royal Shakespeare Company’s John Barton explain the development of English in entertaining detail from Beowulf to the Bible, Shakespeare to American slang. To learn more, click the program cover or visit here.

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The Adventure of English Comments

Sharon commented on 05-Jun-2009 08:48 AM

A great program. Saw it on the history channel. Explains the evolution of our language and why it is so great and at the same time so confusing.

Joe Hammon commented on 16-Sep-2009 05:26 AM

I love this program. should be in every school!

Anonymous commented on 17-Feb-2010 06:00 PM

I love it. Informative...and fun.

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