In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great
1998 British TV series or programme From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
| 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 |
Production
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]
Episodes
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
Broadcast and release
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]
Reception
In an article published in Summer 1998, Eugene N. Borza expressed approval of the series but was unhappy with the accompanying book.[13]
Book
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]
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