In The Footsteps of Alexander the Great

Name: In The Footsteps of Alexander the Great
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1998-07-14
Rating: 8.111
Cast: Michael Wood

8.1First aired 1998-07-14Last aired 1998-08-04Status: Ended

Documentary

Seasons: 1
Episodes: 4
Networks: PBS, BBC Two

Overview

In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great was a BBC documentary television series first shown in 1998. It was written and presented by British historian and broadcaster Michael Wood. Wood retraced the travels of Alexander the Great, from Vergina in Macedonia, where his father Philip II of Macedon died and Alexander was proclaimed king, through seventeen present-day countries to the borders of India and back to Mesopatamia, where he died. Whereas most of Wood's documentary series had titles beginning "In Search of...", the title of this series reflected a slightly different approach. The series was directed by David Wallace.