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BBC television documentaries about prehistoric and ancient history
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The list BBC television documentaries about prehistoric and ancient history includes
Heroes and Villains, Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire, Time Commanders, The Supersizers Go... and Battlefield Britain.
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Pompeii: The Last Day
British TV series or programme
Overview: Pompeii: The Last Day is a 2003 dramatized documentary that tells of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius towards the end of August 79 CE. This eruption covered the ancient Roman cities of Pompeii and Her ...
Release date: 20 October 2003Genre: Drama, HistoryDirector: Peter NicholsonCast: Alisdair Simpson, Tim Pigott-Smith, Jim Carter, Jonathan Firth, Rebecca Clarke, Inika Leigh WrightProducer: Sandra Gorel, Mark JohnstonWriter: Edward Canfor-Dumas, Peter NicholsonA dramatized recreation of the destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD.
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Heroes and Villains
British TV series or programme
Overview: Heroes and Villains is a 2007 BBC Television docudrama series looking at key moments in the lives and reputations of some of the greatest warriors of history. Each hour-long episode features a different ...Genre: Documentary, DramaDirector: Al Imran Niloy, Nick MurphyProducer: Matthew Barrett, Mark HedgecoeWriter: Tony Etchells, Andrew Grieve 0
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Time Commanders
British television seriesOverview: Time Commanders is a technological game show that originally aired on BBC Two from 4 September 2003 to 13 March 2005 with Eddie Mair hosting the first series and Richard Hammond hosting the second series ...Release date: 4 September 2003Genre: War, History, Documentary, ActionDirector: Michael MathesonProducer: Tim Ansell, Chris GamboldWriter: Adam MacDonaldEach week four contestants come together as a team to recreate a historical battle via computer simulator... 0
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Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
British documentary drama television series
Overview: Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire is a 2006 BBC One docudrama series, with each episode looking at a different key turning point in the history of the Roman Republic and Empire. This docudrama ...Release date: 21 September 2006Genre: Drama, HistoryDirector: Tim Dunn, Nick GreenCast: Lyall B. Watson, Hugh DixonProducer: Mark Hedgecoe, Matthew BarrettWriter: James WoodA doc-drama covering the rise and the fall of the Roman world including the founding by Julius Caesar and the building of Rome by Nero. 0
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Atlantis: End of a World, Birth of a Legend
British TV series or program
Overview: Atlantis (also titled Atlantis: End of a World, Birth of a Legend) is a 2011 BBC docudrama which portrays events surrounding the volcanic eruption which destroyed the island of Thera, an incident portrayed ...
Genre: Action, DramaDirector: Tony MitchellCast: Stephanie Leonidas, Reece Ritchie, Langley Kirkwood, Isadora Verwey, Natalie Becker, Tony CaprariProducer: Isabelle Helle, Genevieve HofmeyrWriter: Rhidian BrookTells the story of the greatest natural disaster of the ancient world, an event that experts believe inspired the legend of Atlantis. 0
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Battlefield Britain
British TV series or programme
Overview: Battlefield Britain is a 2004 BBC television documentary series about famous battles in British history. The 8 part series covers battles from Boudicca's rebellion against the Romans in 60AD to the Battle ...Release date: 6 August 2004Genre: Documentary, War, HistoryDirector: Martina Hall, Ian LilleyProducer: Danielle Peck, Jane Aldous 0
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Colosseum: A Gladiator's Story
British TV series or programme
Overview: Colosseum: Rome's Arena of Death a.k.a. Colosseum: A Gladiator's Story is a 2003 BBC Television and France 2 docudrama which tells the true story of Verus, a gladiator who fought at the Colosseum in Rome ...Release date: 14 March 2004Genre: DocumentaryDirector: Tilman RemmeProducer: Georgann Kane, Steven Manuel 0
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Meet the Romans with Mary Beard
British TV series or programme
Overview: Meet the Romans with Mary Beard is a 2012 BBC documentary series written and presented by Mary Beard about the ordinary citizens of Ancient Rome, the world's first metropolis. It was repeated in 2020.
Director: Hugo MacGregor, Jack MacInnisProducer: Richard Bradley, Cassian HarrisonWriter: Mary Beard 0
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Michael Wood's Story of England
British TV series or programme
Overview: Michael Wood's Story of England is a six-part BBC documentary series written and presented by Michael Wood and airing from 22 September 2010. It tells the story of one place, the Leicestershire village ...Release date: 22 September 2010Director: Wayne Derrick, Peter HarveyProducer: Sally Thomas, Rebecca DobbsWriter: Michael Wood 0
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The Supersizers Go...
British TV series or programme
Overview: The Supersizers Go... and The Supersizers Eat... are two BBC television series about the history of food, mainly in Britain. Both series are presented by journalist and restaurant critic Giles Coren and ... 0
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A History of Britain
British television documentary series (2000–2002)
Overview: A History of Britain is a BBC documentary series written and presented by Simon Schama, first transmitted in the United Kingdom from 30 September 2000.Release date: 30 September 2000Genre: History, DocumentaryDirector: Clare Beavan, Martina HallProducer: Martina Hall, Ian BremnerWriter: Simon SchamaA comprehensive historical survey of the British Isles. 0
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Building the Great Pyramid
British TV series or programme
Overview: Pyramid aka Building the Great Pyramid is a 2002 BBC Television documentary film which tells the story of the building of the Great Pyramid at Giza through the commentary of the fictional builder, Nakht ...Release date: 28 October 2002Genre: DocumentaryDirector: Jonathan StampProducer: Sandra Gorel, Steven ManuelWriter: Steven Manuel, Jonathan Stamp 0
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Vikings
British TV series or programme
Overview: Vikings is a 2012 BBC television documentary series written and presented by Neil Oliver charting the rise of the Vikings from prehistoric times to the empire of Canute.
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Overview: The Silk Road is a 3 episode BBC TV documentary about the Silk Road, made in 2016. It was presented by historian Sam Willis and comprised three episodes, shown on BBC Four between 1 and 15 May 2016.Director: Tim Niel, Richard DownesProducer: Richard Downes, Jon MorriceDr Sam Willis reveals how the Silk Road was the world's first global superhighway where people with new ideas, new cultures and new religions made ... 0
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Prehistoric Autopsy
British TV series or programme
Overview: Prehistoric Autopsy is a 2012 British television documentary film series shown in three one-hour episodes on BBC Two. The series is about human evolution and is narrated by biologist George McGavin and ...Director: David Coleman, Harvey LilleyProducer: Jane Aldous, Graeme Thomson 0
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Andrew Marr's History of the World
2012 BBC documentary TV mini-series
Overview: Andrew Marr's History of the World is a 2012 BBC documentary television series presented by Andrew Marr that covers 70,000 years of world history from before the beginning of human civilisation, as African ...Genre: DocumentaryDirector: Renny Bartlett, Robin DashwoodProducer: Eamon Fitzpatrick, Chris GranlundWriter: Andrew Marr 0
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Hadrian
British TV series or programmeOverview: Hadrian is a Bafta Cymru-winning 2008 BBC Television documentary film in which popular British historian Dan Snow follows the travels of the Roman Emperor Hadrian. 0
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What the Romans Did for Us
British TV series or programmeOverview: What the Romans Did for Us, is a 2000 BBC documentary series "looking at the innovations and inventions brought to Britain by the Romans". The title of the programme is derived from the cult film Monty ...Release date: 6 November 2000Genre: DocumentaryCast: Adam Hart-DavisProducer: Simon Baker, Catrine Clay 0
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Ancient Inventions
British TV series or programmeOverview: Ancient Inventions was a BBC historical documentary series released in 1998. It was presented by former Monty Python member Terry Jones and looked at great inventions of the ancient world. The series is ...Release date: 13 September 1998Director: Phil Grabsky, Daniel PercivalCast: Terry JonesProducer: Stacy Goldstein, Tomi Bednar LandisWriter: Terry Jones, Daniel Percival 0
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Immortal Egypt
British documentary television series
Overview: Immortal Egypt with Joann Fletcher, also known as The Story of Egypt, is a British documentary television miniseries about ancient Egypt, written and presented by Egyptologist and educator Joann Fletcher ... 0
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