The adventure of english is a british television series on the history of the english language presented by melvyn bragg as well as a companion book written by bragg. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for the adventure of english 500 ad 2000 at amazoncom read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. The adventure of english is a beginnings around 500 ad as a minor germanic language to the english used approximately 2000 . Bbc documentary of the history of the english language made in 2002. The adventure of english 1 birth of a language bbc documentary the closest sounding language to the english used approximately 2000 years