- This topic has 1 reply, 1 voice, and was last updated 10 years, 11 months ago by
.
-
Posts
-
Ray’s History Radio & TV Picks. No.29.21 Aug 2015.
The History of the Peloponnesian War. (Omnibus edition)
BBC Radio 4: Sun 23 Aug 2015, 9.00 – 10.00
Ancient Greek historian Thucydides’ first-hand account chronicles the devastating 27-year-long war between Athens and Sparta during the 5th century BC. Abridged by Tom Holland & read by David Horovitch.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05sy44sMaking History.
BBC Radio 4: Tue 25 Aug 2015, 15.00 – 15.30. 8/8
Claire Tomalin, Jessie Childs, Dan Jones and Justin Champion join Helen Castor for a Historians’ Question Time from the Chalke Valley History Festival. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b065vrl6Black Sails.
History: Tue 25 Aug 2015, 22.00 – 23.00. Episode 7.
Drama set in 1715. The Golden Age of Piracy in the Caribbean is at its apex. Vane brokers a deal to gain more crew members: http://blacksails.tv/Who Were the Greeks?
BBC Four: Mon 24 Aug 2015, 20.00 – 21.00. 1 /2
Classicist Dr Michael Scott uncovers the strange, alien world of the ancient Greeks, exploring the lives of the people who gave us democracy, architecture, philosophy, language, literature and sport.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b036b0ylBuilding the Ancient City: Athens and Rome
BBC 2: Thu 27 Aug 2015, 20.00 – 21.00. 2/2. Rome
In the final episode of the series, Professor Andrew Wallace-Hadrill takes us up ancient tower blocks, down ancient sewers, and above 2,000-year-old harbour basins still filled with water, to find out how this city surpassed all those from the ancient world that had gone before. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0680lw2Ray’s History Radio & TV Picks. No.29. Updated 23 Aug 2015 with two additional:
Return of the Black Death: Secret History
Channel 4: Sun 23 Aug 2015, 19.00 – 20.00. (First broadcast Apr 2014)
In 1348 one of the most devastating pandemics in history, the Black Death, swept across London. Now experts in various fields pick through the evidence to reveal why conditions were right for the disease to kill on a large scale and explain why it still poses a threat today.
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/return-of-the-black-death-secret-historyTime Crashers
Channel 4: Sun 23 Aug 2015, 20.00 – 21.00 New Series: 1 /6.
Tony Robinson presents an “immersive history” series that sees ten famous faces time travel to different moments in history. This week they go back to 1588 and become servants in a great manor house.
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/time-crashers
- You must be logged in to reply to this topic.