迈克尔·伍德讲述了英国历史上一个地方的故事——在莱斯特郡的基布沃村。这个村庄经历了黑死病、内战和工业革命，并在第二次世界大战中被炸毁。

Groundbreaking series in which Michael Wood tells the story of one place throughout the whole of English history. The village is Kibworth in Leicestershire in the heart of England - a place that lived through the Black Death, the Civil War and the Industrial Revolution and was even bombed in World War Two.

Attraverso l'evoluzione del piccolo villaggio di Kibworth è illustrata la storia millenaria dell'Inghilterra attraverso i secoli.