VISIT ANCIENT ROME IN HISTORY CHANNEL'S NEW PRIME DOCUMENTARY SERIES COLOSSEUM STARTING THIS JULY

  COLOSSEUM DOCUMENTARY  

VISIT ROME THIS JULY

After we took a walk with dinosaurs and visited the prehistoric Earth, world's latest prime documentary series is taking us to COLOSSEUM in new eight part series starting July 17th at History Channel. It is a mix of

Colosseum starts next Sunday on History

documentary narration and high end live action scenes.

COLOSSEUM vividly brings to life the rise and fall of the Roman Empire through the lens of one of the most exhilarating and brutal arenas in the history of humanity – the Colosseum. From the savage truth of a gladiator’s life as a slave-warrior to the fascinating ways Rome’s Emperors used the vast amphitheater to demonstrate total power, COLOSSEUM offers viewers a unique and personal look inside history’s most iconic empire. Each episode pinpoints one of eight key and diverse characters – all based on real people from history. Spanning several hundred years, the series unfolds chronologically, from the arena’s astonishing opening day to its very last games. COLOSSEUM utilizes dramatic live action sequences and special effects to infuse excitement into the personal narrative of each historic  character. The premium series features commentary with leading experts,

Daniel de Bourg is Haterius, The Master Builder

world-renowned scholars and more. One of our old r'n'b loves, singer Daniel De Bourg (back in 2014 he was No2 in our top list of the best songs of the year) features in the cast with Aron von Andrian as emperor Domitian.

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'COLOSSEUM' EPIC SERIES

FROM 'SPARTACUS' PRODUCER

If you miss the gladiators from Spartacus series, don't despair, its writer David Franzoni (Gladiator) is preparing another similar series COLOSSEUM set in the world of the Roman Empire’s gladiatorial games! Franzoni will executive produce the series with Dirk Hoogstra (Vikings) next year at New Zealand. As 'Deadline' reports, using the gladiator arena and its deadly games as the backdrop, COLOSSEUM will be a multi layered drama that deals with the lives of the gladiators and the powerful men and women who attempt to use them as political pawns. It will introduce us with the workers, interns, slaves, creatures and geniuses – the shadow community that truly ruled Rome!

NEW AGATHA CHRISTIE SERIES

BBC has, meanwhile, ordered a two hours mini series on Agatha Christie's THE WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION about a 1920's brutal murder of a rich heiress.

'WESTWORLD' SERIES TRAILER

WITH STELLAR ENSEMBLE CAST

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