Michael Wood on Beowulf

[davem]

Originally Posted by Rumil

Hi Davem,

thanks for flagging this up, was it really 30 years since 'In Search of the Dark Ages'?

Er... not quite - checking broadcast dates it seems it was 1981! I can remember the series so vividly though. The Athelstan episode had him flying over South Yorkhshire (where I was born) in a helicopter, looking for the site of Brunanburgh (he places it at Tinsley Forest). Really odd to hear places I'd grown up with getting a name-check on national TV -like 'Wath-on-Dearne' & 'Conisborough Castle' - with 'its magnificent Norman Keep' (which it really is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conisbrough_Castle - it actually inspired Sir Walter Scott to write Ivanhoe!)..but I digress. I'm looking forward to the programme - what with this & Channel 4's recent '!066: The Battle for Middle-earth' we seem to be getting spoiled....