"Barbarians" (2006) TV series 2006-

Writers:

Alan Ereira
David McNab

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

26 May 2006 (UK)

Genre:

Documentary | History

Cast

Terry Jones

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Presenter (4 episodes, 2006)

Series Directed by
Rob Coldstream		(2 episodes, 2006)

Series Writing credits
Terry Jones		(2 episodes, 2006)
Alan Ereira		(unknown episodes)
David McNab		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
David McNab	....	series producer (4 episodes, 2006)
Nicolas Kent	....	executive producer (2 episodes, 2006)

Series Original Music by
Sandy Nuttgens		(2 episodes, 2006)
Michael Scott		(2 episodes, 2006)

Series Cinematography by
Joe Taylor		(2 episodes, 2006)

Series Film Editing by
Mike Burton		(1 episode, 2006)
David Fairhead		(1 episode, 2006)

Series Production Design by
Tim Keates		(1 episode, 2006)
Jo Manser		(1 episode, 2006)

Series Art Direction by
Paul Halter		(1 episode, 2006)

Series Costume Design by
Heidi Miller		(1 episode, 2006)

Series Makeup Department
Robin Lake	....	makeup artist (1 episode, 2006)
Caitlin Tanner	....	makeup artist (1 episode, 2006)

Series Production Management
Rachel Shadick	....	production manager (4 episodes, 2006)
Annabel Lee	....	head of production (2 episodes, 2006)

Series Sound Department
Doug Dreger	....	sound (1 episode, 2006)
Jeff John	....	sound (1 episode, 2006)
Tom Corbett	....	sound effects editor (unknown episodes, 2006)

Series Visual Effects by
Antony Buonomo	....	graphics and titles (2 episodes, 2006)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Nathan Kendall	....	second assistant camera (4 episodes, 2006)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Heidi Miller	....	costumer designer (1 episode, 2006)

Series Other crew
Bella Barr	....	production coordinator (4 episodes, 2006)
Barry Cunliffe	....	series consultant (2 episodes, 2006)
Alan Ereira	....	script editor (2 episodes, 2006)

Production Companies

• Oxford Film and Television Production

Distributors

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (2006) (UK) (TV)
• Koch Vision (2008) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Edit and Sound Store, The  post-production facilities
• Red Vision  visual effects

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Oxford Film and Television Production

Best historical TV program I've ever seen, great for a high school classroom

Two programs about ancient Rome's neighbors, competitors and subject peoples. It mainly focuses on culture and technology. It presents information that is highly accurate, and also usually overlooked in history textbooks.

Not only is the content insightful and not stuff that's already common knowledge, it's just plain good history. The claims aren't overstated ("The Celts invented everything and we have absolute proof!") or sensational, or unnecessarily opaque and mysterious, like "How did they build the pyramids? Nobody knows!" (in fact we have pretty detailed knowledge of how they were built). I am a professional historian (well, PhD candidate) and I can recommend these programs for high-school or even college-level classrooms without reservation. The second program, "The Brainy Barbarians," is especially good.

Terry Jones editorializes a bit about the Romans, but with all the fawning over them in conventional histories, I think this will do more good than harm for most viewers. Besides which, it's honest editorializing--you can easily tell when he's presenting interpretations or opinions, and when he's presenting facts.

And it's all pretty entertaining and well-presented, too.

K Hemmat