michael wood

The last segment of the series digs deeper into the English colonial era in India. (56 min, 6 segments)

The documentary series about the history of India charts the coming of Islam to the subcontinent and one of the greatest ages of world civilisation: the Mughals. (54 min, 6 segments)

The Story of India - Ages of Gold, presents the achievements of the India’s golden age, including how India discovered zero, calculated the circumference of the Earth and wrote the world’s first sex guide, the Kama Sutra. (58 min in 7 segments)

BBC Michael Wood’s award winning adventure picks up in Egypt where Volume 1 left off. (48 min in 7 segments) In this episode, Alexander defeats Persia and enters Persepolis without a battle.

Episode 3 traces India in the days of the Roman Empire. In Kerala the spice trade opened India to the world, whilst gold and silk bazaars in the ancient city of Madurai were a delight for visiting Greek traders. (59 min, 6 segments)

The epic BBC series moves on to the revolutionary years after 500BC - the Age of the Buddha.

For this BBC documentary, Michael Wood journeys through the subcontinent, tracing the incredible richness and diversity of its peoples, cultures and landscapes. This is a sweeping epic of a series. (54 minutes in 5 segments)

In this BBC award winning adventure, Micheal Wood embarks on a 2000 mile journey in the foot steps of Alexander’s triumphal march from Greece to India. Travelling with Lebanese traders, Iranian pilgrims and Afghan guerillas, by jeep, train, boat, camel and on foot, he interweaves the momentous events of the past with present day reality. (48 min in 7 segments)