"The Story of English is a nine-part television series, produced in 1986, detailing the development of the English language. The book and the television series were written by Robert MacNeil, Robert McCrum, and William Cran." <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_English" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_English</a>