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The Mother Tongue

  • Episode aired Sep 29, 1986
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The Mother Tongue (1986)
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Traces the history of the language in terms of successive invasions of the British Isles, from the Anglo-Saxons through the Norman French in 1066.Traces the history of the language in terms of successive invasions of the British Isles, from the Anglo-Saxons through the Norman French in 1066.Traces the history of the language in terms of successive invasions of the British Isles, from the Anglo-Saxons through the Norman French in 1066.

  • Directors
    • Vivian Ducat
    • Howard Reid
  • Writers
    • Robert McCrum
    • Robert MacNeil
  • Stars
    • Robert MacNeil
    • Christopher Page
    • The Medieval Players
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    • Directors
      • Vivian Ducat
      • Howard Reid
    • Writers
      • Robert McCrum
      • Robert MacNeil
    • Stars
      • Robert MacNeil
      • Christopher Page
      • The Medieval Players
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Robert MacNeil
    Robert MacNeil
    • Self - Presenter
    Christopher Page
    • Self - Old English Reader
    • (as Dr. Christopher Page)
    The Medieval Players
    • Self - Actors in 'Mankind'
    Richard Bebb
    • Self - Chaucer Reader
    Mary Tamm
    Mary Tamm
    • Self - Chaucer Reader
    Martin Sivener
    • Self - Friesian Speaker
    Jean la Rue
    • Self - Breton Speaker
    Ronnie Davies
    • Self - Welsh Speaker
    Eluned Phillips
    • Self - Writer and Twice Winner of National Eisteddfod of Wales
    Edwin George
    • Self - West Country Forest Ranger
    Irwin Bielby
    • Self - Yorkshire Dialect Speaker
    Thomas Alan Shippey
    Thomas Alan Shippey
    • Self - Scholar of Middle and Old English Literature
    • (as Professor Tom Shippey)
    Michael Clanchy
    • Self - Scholar of Old English
    • (as Professor Michael Clanchy)
    Graham Williams
    • Self - Hand-Printer
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      • Howard Reid
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      • Robert McCrum
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