The Romany Trail
The first of two programmes Into Africa
Gypsy music is the means by which the Romany people have preserved their legends and history throughout the world.
From Appleby, England, we trace the ' roots ' of the Romany people to the nomadic tribes of North India. Then we follow The Romany Trail down the Nile, to discover the hitherto unknown gypsy tribes of Egypt, spreading from the temples of Luxor to the fortune-tellers, fire-eaters, puppeteers and exorcists of old Cairo.
The trail then leads across Africa into Spain, where the greatest gypsy flamenco dancers and singers still live. Finally we follow the annual pilgrimage from Spain to the festival of Saintes Mariesde-la-Mer in France.
Film cameraman CHRIS MORPHET Film recordist GREG BAILEY Film editor (part 1) ROLAND ARMSTRONG
Film editor (part 2) MIKE APPELT Producer JEREMYMARRE
'Series editors ANTHONY ISAACS and PETER JONES
(Part 2 Tuesday 7.10 pm)