King Alfred and the Anglo Saxons

King Alfred and the Anglo Saxons

Alfred of Wessex (1x1)


Air date: Aug 06, 2013

King Alfred the Great fights a desperate guerrilla war in the marshes of Somerset - burning the cakes on the way- before his decisive victory at Edington. Creating towns, trade and coinage, reviving learning and literacy, Alfred then laid the foundations of a single kingdom of 'all the English'. Filmed on location from Reading to Rome, using original texts read in Old English, and interviews with leading scholars, Michael Wood describes a man who was 'not just the greatest Briton, but one of the greatest rulers of any time or place'.

  • Premiered: Aug 2013
  • Episodes: 3
  • Followers: 2
  • Ended
  • BBC Four
  • Tuesday at 21