In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great | |
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Genre | Documentary |
Written by | Michael Wood |
Directed by | David Wallace |
Presented by | Michael Wood |
Composer | John Eacott |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 4 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Leo Eaton (
PBS) Laurence Rees ( BBC) |
Producer | Rebecca Dobbs |
Cinematography | Peter Harvey Linette Frewin Alistair Cameron Peter Jeuvenal |
Running time | 57-60 minutes |
Production company | Maya Vision International |
Original release | |
Network | BBC2 |
Release | 14 July 4 August 1998 | –
In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great is a BBC documentary television series, first shown in 1998. Written and presented by historian and broadcaster Michael Wood, [1] it retraced the travels of Alexander the Great, from Macedonia to the borders of India and back to Mesopotamia. [2] [3]
Wood was prevented by the government of Greece from interviewing Eugene N. Borza, a professor specializing in the history of Macedonia, anywhere within Greece, apparently because of Borza's controversial [4] views on the ethnic differences between the Greeks and Macedonians in ancient times. [5]
Episode one: Son of God
Macedonia to Turkey
First broadcast on BBC2 on 14 July 1998 [6]
Episode two: Lord of Asia
Zagros to Persepolis
First broadcast on BBC2 on 21 July 1998 [7]
Episode three: Across the Hindu Kush
The golden road to Samarkand
First broadcast on BBC2 on 28 July 1998 [8] [9]
Episode four: To The Ends of the Earth
Pakistan to Babylon
First broadcast on BBC2 on 4 August 1998
The series was broadcast in the United States on PBS on 4 and 5 May 1998. [10]
The series was released on DVD by BBC Worldwide, [11] and on DVD by PBS Home Video in 2004. [12]
In an article published in Summer 1998, Eugene N. Borza expressed approval of the series but was unhappy with the accompanying book. [13]
The book In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great: A Journey from Greece to Asia, by Michael Wood, is a companion to the television series. It was published, by the University of California Press in Berkeley and Los Angeles, by Routledge in New York, in 1997. [14]
The book was ranked fifth in the original non-fiction section of the Bookwatch bestsellers list published in The Independent on 14 August 1998, and was included in the lists published on 28 August and 18 September 1998. [15]
In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great | |
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![]() | |
Genre | Documentary |
Written by | Michael Wood |
Directed by | David Wallace |
Presented by | Michael Wood |
Composer | John Eacott |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 4 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Leo Eaton (
PBS) Laurence Rees ( BBC) |
Producer | Rebecca Dobbs |
Cinematography | Peter Harvey Linette Frewin Alistair Cameron Peter Jeuvenal |
Running time | 57-60 minutes |
Production company | Maya Vision International |
Original release | |
Network | BBC2 |
Release | 14 July 4 August 1998 | –
In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great is a BBC documentary television series, first shown in 1998. Written and presented by historian and broadcaster Michael Wood, [1] it retraced the travels of Alexander the Great, from Macedonia to the borders of India and back to Mesopotamia. [2] [3]
Wood was prevented by the government of Greece from interviewing Eugene N. Borza, a professor specializing in the history of Macedonia, anywhere within Greece, apparently because of Borza's controversial [4] views on the ethnic differences between the Greeks and Macedonians in ancient times. [5]
Episode one: Son of God
Macedonia to Turkey
First broadcast on BBC2 on 14 July 1998 [6]
Episode two: Lord of Asia
Zagros to Persepolis
First broadcast on BBC2 on 21 July 1998 [7]
Episode three: Across the Hindu Kush
The golden road to Samarkand
First broadcast on BBC2 on 28 July 1998 [8] [9]
Episode four: To The Ends of the Earth
Pakistan to Babylon
First broadcast on BBC2 on 4 August 1998
The series was broadcast in the United States on PBS on 4 and 5 May 1998. [10]
The series was released on DVD by BBC Worldwide, [11] and on DVD by PBS Home Video in 2004. [12]
In an article published in Summer 1998, Eugene N. Borza expressed approval of the series but was unhappy with the accompanying book. [13]
The book In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great: A Journey from Greece to Asia, by Michael Wood, is a companion to the television series. It was published, by the University of California Press in Berkeley and Los Angeles, by Routledge in New York, in 1997. [14]
The book was ranked fifth in the original non-fiction section of the Bookwatch bestsellers list published in The Independent on 14 August 1998, and was included in the lists published on 28 August and 18 September 1998. [15]