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Title: The Adventure of English
Release Date: 6 Nov 2003
Runtime: 1h 5m
Genre: Documentary
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Overview: The history of the English language presented by Melvyn Bragg; from its modest beginnings around 500 AD as a minor Germanic dialect to its rise as a global language.
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Average Vote: 8.2 (4 votes)
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