The Greek beginning
By: a BBC TV production in association with RM Productions ; directed by Christopher Burstall
Contributors: Dover, K. J. (Kenneth James), 1920-2010; British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service; R.M. Productions (Lafayette, Ind.); Films for the Humanities (Firm)
Series: The Greeks -- pt. 1; Classical civilization
Publisher: Films for the Humanities
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 52
Subjects: History; Civilization
Description: An introduction to Greece and the Greeks, covering the period from the Mycenaean Age in 1300 B.C. to the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C. It sets out the principal historical landmarks and presents some of the work of the most important Greek writers, philosophers, historians and politicians of the period. Burstall's conversations with Greek scholar Kenneth Dover are interspersed with photographs of ancient Greek sculpture, artifacts and ruins of ancient buildings.
Notes: Cameramen, Henry Farrar, Sidney Davies, Mike Southon ; film editor, Dave King.

Christopher Burstall.