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The Adventure of English

2003 · 1 season

A genial, erudite stroll through centuries of words, more like a favourite lecture than a thrill ride.

Genres
Documentary
Overview
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.
How it feels
Earnest, warm and light. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Identity, power, class, colonialism
Content
No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism9
Romance0
Tension1
Darkness1
Complexity5
Emotional weight3

Cast

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Details

Genres
documentary
Starring
Melvyn Bragg, Mark Saban, Amanda Root
Length
1 seasons, 8 episodes, 65 min each
Network
ITV1
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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