• 2002
  • 1h 5m
The Adventure of English

Summary The history of the English language. View more details

  • 2002
  • 1h 5m

The Adventure of English

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Melvyn Bragg David Gwillim Michael Cronin Mark Saban

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8.3

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Nov 30, 2002

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Filming locations : Canterbury Cathedral, Cathedral House, 11 The Precincts, Canterbury, Kent, England, UK

Production companies : London Weekend Television (LWT)

Summary The history of the English language. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Nov 30, 2002

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Filming locations : Canterbury Cathedral, Cathedral House, 11 The Precincts, Canterbury, Kent, England, UK

Production companies : London Weekend Television (LWT)

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The Adventure of English (2002)

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Episode 1 • Nov 05, 2003
Birth of a Language
We are going to delve down to the roots of the language and deduce its history.
Episode 2 • Nov 05, 2003
English Goes Underground
We see how England was ruled for three centuries after the Conquest by a French-speaking king and court which used Latin for their official business. English was the language of the peasants; a third-class tongue in its own country.
Episode 3 • Nov 12, 2003
The Battle for the Language of the Bible
English fought to be the language of the Christian Bible through the efforts of theologian John Wycliffe, who opposed the church's use of a Latin scripture because it prevented most of the population from reading the bible for themselves.
Episode 4 • Nov 12, 2003
This Earth, This Realm, This England
In Queen Elizabeth I's time, English began to expand to even greater depths. Overseas trade brought new words from France, as well as the now popular swearwords in the 16th century.
Episode 5 • Dec 31, 1969
English in America
English goes overseas to the New World. It displaces the native tongues and adopts new words from other European powers seeking to colonize the Americas.
Episode 6 • Dec 31, 1969
Speaking Proper
The 18th century Age of Enlightenment seeks to put a clamp on the ever changing nature of England, yet the language remains untamed.
Episode 7 • Dec 31, 1969
The Language of Empire
In India, scholar William Jones finds some English words already present in Sanskrit. Convicts land in Australia, blending London criminal slang and Aboriginal words into a new dialect. Jamaicans reclaim patois.
Episode 8 • Dec 31, 1969
Many Tongues Called English
As cultural influences affect the way people use English and new words come into everyday use, how does the Oxford English dictionary - the greatest repository of the language - keep up with developments.
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