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    Alfred the Great

    Michael Wood discusses Alfred the Great, King of Wessex and king of the Anglo-Saxons.

    Bede, the Father of English History

    Scholar of the Anglo Saxons Lilian Groves explores the life and times of St Bede.

    The Beowulf Bard

    The late Seamus Heaney's exploration of the great bard of the Anglo-Saxon epic, Beowulf.

    Eadfrith the Scribe

    Richard Gameson explores the literary, historical and artistic legacy of scribes..

    Cuthbert

    Historian Tony Morris explores the life of Cuthbert, the popular saint of the Northeast/

    King Raedwald

    Martin Carver on the inhabitant of the magnificent Sutton Hoo ship burial

    Horn DanceWeird England

    Poet Lila Matsumoto visits Abbots Bromley in Staffordshire and the ancient Horn Dance.

    Snatch ValentineWeird England

    Writer Laura Joyce follows Jack Valentine down the streets of Norwich.

    Weird England: BonfireWeird England

    Writer David Barnes is immersed in history and myth at Lewes Bonfire.

    Weird England: Hunting the EarlWeird England

    Poet Elizabeth-Jane Burnett sets out to Hunt the Earl of Rone in Devon,

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