The Story of English
By: a BBC TV co-production with MacNeil-Lehrer Productions in association with WNET
Contributors: MacNeil/Lehrer Productions
Publisher: Public Media Video
Published: 1986
Place of publication: [Chicago?]
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 520
Subjects: English language; History; Usage; Dialects
Other titles: An English speaking world.; Mother tongue.; A muse of fire.; The guid Scots tongue.; Black on white.; Pioneers O! Pioneers!; Muvver tongue.; The loaded weapon.; Next year's words, a look into the future.
Description: Details the history of the English language and provides a unique focus on current English usage worldwide with a special emphasis on American English.
Notes: VHS format.

Producer, William Cran ; series writer, Robert McCrum ; host and co-writer, Robert MacNeil.
Table of contents: title: [pt. 1] An English speaking world (58 min.). Mother tongue (57 min.); title: [pt.2] A muse of fire (58 min.). The guid Scots tongue (58 min.); title: [pt.3] Black on white (58 min.). Pioneers O! Pioneers (58 min.); title: [pt.4] Muvver tongue (58 min.). The loaded weapon (57 min.); title: [pt.5] Next years words, a look into the future (58 min.).; title: adam