A three part series presented by Raksha Dave, John Seargant and Bettany Hughes.
I won’t be talking too much about John’s segments of the show as they focus more on how modern life mirrors the way life would have been in Pompeii.
However, as the bulk of the programme is looking at new evidence and those segments are presented by Raksha and Bettany I will focus on those.
The programme is pretty fairly split between historical knowledge – presented by Bettany – and Archeological finds – presented by Raksha – but I am very glad that there are often moments of what feels like natural overlap and then we get interesting discussions between Bettany and Raksha.
The real joy for me is that the programme makes a point that although the history and archaeology is fantastic this was still a tragedy that claimed the lives of many innocent people who just happened to live in Pompeii.
A real must-watch.
Rating: 10/10.
I won’t be talking too much about John’s segments of the show as they focus more on how modern life mirrors the way life would have been in Pompeii.
However, as the bulk of the programme is looking at new evidence and those segments are presented by Raksha and Bettany I will focus on those.
The programme is pretty fairly split between historical knowledge – presented by Bettany – and Archeological finds – presented by Raksha – but I am very glad that there are often moments of what feels like natural overlap and then we get interesting discussions between Bettany and Raksha.
The real joy for me is that the programme makes a point that although the history and archaeology is fantastic this was still a tragedy that claimed the lives of many innocent people who just happened to live in Pompeii.
A real must-watch.
Rating: 10/10.