What started as a minor Germanic dialect spoken by the Saxons became perhaps England’s greatest export. Written and presented by Melvyn Bragg, this eight-part series tells the story of how English became a global language. Along the way, each episode uses location footage, rare manuscripts, linguistic experts, and fascinating etymologies to chart the growth of English, its encounters with other languages, its history, and its far-ranging influence. 8-part series, 52 minutes each.

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The Series Includes : Birth of a Language | English Goes Underground | The Battle for the Language of the Bible | This Earth, This Realm, This England | English in America | Speaking Proper | The Language of Empire | Many Tongues Called English, One World Language

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