In Search Of The Trojan War (2004)

8 out of 9 people found the following review helpful:

Six Hours is Too Long

A Customer from Cheltenham, England, 3rd March, 2005

From this 6 hour series, resurrected from 1985, you could distil a gripping documentary lasting about 90 minutes. As it is, it plods : there are frequent re-caps, the pace is leisurely, the photography underwhelming. Wood is fine when he speaks to camera, but his voice-overs are delivered with a breathless piety that put me to sleep. The Iliad story leads to an interesting account of the Bronze Age in the Middle East, the chapter on oral poetry is illuminating, and you'll learn quite a bit about the archaeologist's trade !

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Michael Wood bursts onto your screen

A Customer from London, 3rd January, 2006

This is a dated but very good version of the mythical events and real history that surrounds Troy. It certainly helps put in perspective the work of Meesrs Pitt, Bloom et al. Michael Wood, famous for those tight jeans, back in the day, is an excellent guide in 5 hour long programmes on the Homeric, Hittite and Greek characters who populated trojan legend and is sure to whet your appitite for more study.

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The True Troy

A Customer from Gloucester, 2nd August, 2005

I viewed this documentary went it originally aired and found it a sheer joy...now with the passage of time, the programme itself has blended into the past in the same fashion as the Trojon War. The under current of the Cold War that runs through the programme has become more than Woods could have (in his rather heavy handed way)dreamed. I recommend this very highly, especially parts 5 & 6 to young people that have even the slightest interest in history. Perhaps the people that take their holiday in the areas shown should watch this and realise that there is more to the places they visit than bars and club reps.

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Exelent

TIMOTHY ANDREWS from Paignton England, 16th June, 2007

A exelent dvd, interesting and informative historical look at the origins of Homers accounts of the trojan war. This was one of the best dvd's I have seen.

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In search of an editor

tisheau from , 4th February, 2010

Not as enjoyable as it was the first time around even though I am a big Michael Wood fan. Very good material which is in need of updating to make a much slicker programme.

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Still current

A Customer from Hastings, 20th October, 2009

Although this was filmed some time ago, I believe it is still current in the scholarly research concerning Homer and the Trojan War. I found it fascinating and informative, the puzzles and possible answers well-structured within the whole series.

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A great introduction to it all!

Jamie Ambler from Glasgow, 30th June, 2006

As someone who has looked at bits and bobs of history, but as for Troy only seen the film, this served as a remarkable introduction. I had heard that the this the series was overly long but decided to give it a go anyway... and how pleasantly surprised was I?!! It was awesome. Michael Wood ducks and dives, revealing startling information and theories as he goes along... And just as you are on the rollercoaster, feeling the excitement of each discovery, Wood reveals other facts or theories, often the very ones that disproved the theories in the first place. Perhaps the most remarkable thing about this, and what made me love it, was the fact that in each and every one of his own ideas, he makes it crystal clear that things aren't in stone yet. It's absolutely brilliant. So good, infact, the Mrs nearly killed me for spending £30 odd quid at the bookshop the weekend after on supplementary reading!

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