In Search of the Dark Ages
| In Search of the Dark Ages | |
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First episode titlecard | |
| Created by | BBC |
| Presented by | Michael Wood |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Roger Laughton |
| Running time | 35–45 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC |
| Release | 2 January 1979 – 9 April 1981 |
| Related | |
| In Search of the Trojan War | |
In Search of the Dark Ages is a BBC television documentary series, written and presented by historian Michael Wood, first shown between 1979 and 1981. It comprises eight short films across two series, each focusing on a particular character from the history of England prior to the Norman Conquest, a period popularly known as the Dark Ages. It is also the title of a book written by Wood to support the series, that was first published in 1981.