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The Routes of English:Â 2: The Dawn of English - the Teachers

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1,000 Years of Spoken English

Melvyn Bragg presents a continuing history celebrating 1,000 years of the spoken language of Britain, from the first to the second millennium.

Bragg travels to Winchester, headquarters of Old English, to trace the path from a tenth-century language lesson to the English taught and spoken today.
With Dr Kathyrn Lowe, Dr April McMahon and Ian Hislop.

(Repeated Tuesday 1.30pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Melvyn Bragg
Guest:
Dr Kathyrn Lowe
Guest:
Dr April McMahon
Guest:
Ian Hislop
Producer:
Emily Kasriel
Source: Radio Times

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