It was perhaps the most spectacular flourishing of imagination and achievement in recorded history. In the Fourth and Fifth Centuries BC, the Greeks built an empire that stretched across the Mediterranean from Asia to Spain. They laid the foundations of modern science, politics, warfare and philosophy, and produced some of the most breathtaking art and architecture the world has ever seen. This series, narrated by Liam Neeson, recounts the rise, glory, demise and legacy of the empire that marked the dawn of Western civilization. The story of this astonishing civilization is told through the lives of heroes of ancient Greece. The latest advances in computer and television technology rebuild the Acropolis, recreate the Battle of Marathon and restore the grandeur of the Academy, where Socrates, Plato and Aristotle forged the foundation of Western thought.

Liam Neeson
Narrator
Willy Bowman
Themistocles

Vernon Dobtcheff
Cleisthenes

Jeffery Dench
Pericles
Bill Reimbold
Socrates

The Ghazi Attack
The Ghazi Attack

When We Were Kings
When We Were Kings

Genji Fantasy: The Cat Fell in Love With Hikaru Genji
Genji Fantasy: The Cat Fell in Love With Hikaru Genji

Nikola Tesla: The Genius Who Lit the World
Nikola Tesla: The Genius Who Lit the World

Looking for Angelina
Looking for Angelina

State Funeral
State Funeral

Koyaanisqatsi
Koyaanisqatsi
Gladstone and Disraeli: Clash of the Titans
Gladstone and Disraeli: Clash of the Titans

El jardín de las delicias
El jardín de las delicias

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

The Hidden History of Egypt
The Hidden History of Egypt
The Adventure
The Adventure