Mexico and the Mexican Indian A series of six programmes 3: The Empire Builders
The Aztec created the last great civilisation of Mexico. But who were the Aztec and where had they come from? How did a poor nomadic tribe conquer the whole country?
This programme looks at the way the Aztec built up their empire - an empire based on a fear that the sun might set forever unless fed with the most precious of liquids - human blood. Narrated by IAN HOLM
Film editor RAOUL SOBEL
Photography JOHN HOOPER , COLIN WALDECK Executive producer BRUCE NORMAN
Written/produced by ANNA BENSON GYLES