The Adventure of English - Birth of a Language

This video is one part of the British television series, that called “The Adventure of English”. This programme tells about the history of the English language from its modest beginnings around 500 AD.
  Melvyn Bragg is a presenter of this series. Moreover, he is best known to the British public as a radio and television broadcaster.  In the television series, Bragg explains the origins and spelling of many words based on the times in which they were introduced into the growing language that would eventually become modern English.  Melvyn Bragg travels through Britain to tell the story of how an insignificant German dialect, which only arrived in the country in the fifth century, evolved into a language which is now spoken and understood by more people than any other around the world.  The video is divided into four parts:The first one tells story about trying  to destroy this language. The second programme tells how it survived and how it fought back.The third part tells how the English language took on the power blocks of church and state.And the last one tells how it became the language of Shakespeare.  In addition, during all video Melvyn Bragg is talking to language expert Kathryn A. Lowe, who tells many interesting things about history of the English language. She offers wonderful insight into the evolution of Anglo-Saxon and Old English.  This is a very informative and interesting video. You can learn many important things that you never heard before. During watching this video you are one step closer to unlocking some mystery with every minute and time just flies.