Michael Wood's Story of England
Victoria to the Present Day
Directed by Peter Harvey, Wayne Derrick, Jon WoodTV-PG
S1 • E6 Oct 28, 2010 60mIn this final episode, helped by today's villagers Michael uncovers the secret history of a Victorian village more colourful than even Dickens could have imagined. Recreating their penny concerts of the 1880s, visiting World War I battlefields with the school and recalling the Home Guard, local land girls and the bombing of the village in 1940, the series finally moves into the brave new world of 'homes for heroes' and the villagers come together to leave a reminder of their world for future generations.
