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The Adventure of English is a British television series (ITV) on the history of the English language presented by Melvyn Bragg as well as a companion book, written by Bragg. The series ran in 2003.
Original Release
12/01/2002
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Melvyn Bragg | Self - Presenter |
| Michael Cronin | Readings / (voice) |
| David Gwillim | (voice) / Readings |
| Mark Saban | Additional Voices |
| Martin T. Sherman | (voice) (as Martin Sherman) |
| Amerjit Deu | (voice) |
| Tom Hodgkins | (voice) |
| Deirdra Morris | Readings |
| Anne Martin | Gaelic Singer |
| Fred Madden | (voice) |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birth of a Language | Thursday, 06 November 2003 |
| 2 | English Goes Underground | Thursday, 06 November 2003 |
| 3 | The Battle for the Language of the Bible | Thursday, 13 November 2003 |
| 4 | This Earth, This Realm, This England | Thursday, 13 November 2003 |
| 5 | English in America | Thursday, 20 November 2003 |
| 6 | Speaking Proper | Thursday, 20 November 2003 |
| 7 | The Language of Empire | Thursday, 27 November 2003 |
| 8 | Many Tongues Called English | Thursday, 27 November 2003 |
Directors
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Melvyn Bragg | Self - Presenter |
| Michael Cronin | Readings / (voice) |
| David Gwillim | (voice) / Readings |
| Mark Saban | Additional Voices |
| Martin T. Sherman | (voice) (as Martin Sherman) |
| Amerjit Deu | (voice) |
| Tom Hodgkins | (voice) |
| Deirdra Morris | Readings |
| Anne Martin | Gaelic Singer |
| Fred Madden | (voice) |
| Sam Blewitt | (voice) |
| David Revel | (voice) |
| Bob Grimes | Bible Readings |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Melvyn Bragg | Producer |
| Robert Bee | Producer |
| Lucy Leveugle | Producer |
