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.

HISTORY CHANNEL ANNOUNCES EPIC NEW MINI TV SERIES 1665 LONDON SET THE PLAGUE YEAR FROM TUDORS AND VIKINGS' MICHAEL HIRST & 19TH CENTURY SIERRA NEVADA SET THE DONNER PARTY

  HISTORY CHANNEL ANNOUNCES EPIC NEW MINI TV SERIES  

THE PLAGUE YEAR

Earlier this year I told you that History Channel will focus on making historical mini series instead of regular shows and now they've officially announced first two. THE PLAGUE YEAR, coming from Tudors and Vikings creator Michael Hirst is a portrait of 1665 London, during one of the all-time worst outbreaks of the Bubonic Plague. It’s the story of a society in

It is believed that the Great Plague killed over 100,000 people, and then next year, while the plague was still active, the Great Fire hit London burning more than 13,000 homes

turmoil, struggling to adapt to a new set of rules, finding its footing during a time of fear, paranoia, and suspicion. As Londoners flee in droves, those who remain in the city, whether by choice or by fate, find their resolves tested and old wounds reopened, as they are faced with an impossible question: how do you keep going when everything around you has fallen to pieces?

 

THE DONNER PARTY

Created by Ric Burns, explores one of America’s most iconic and tragic pioneer stories. Setting out for California in the Spring of 1846, James Reed, his family, and a hopeful wagon train of migrants were drawn by the promise

Some of the migrants actually resorted to cannibalism

of a better life out west. Little did they know that their ill-fated expedition, doomed to be trapped in the Sierra Nevada Mountains for the winter, would face unimaginable hardships that brought out the best, and worst, in humanity. If you recall, History also said some of these mini series will be Ancient Rome set, so stay tuned.