Presenter Barry Cunliffe. Including this week: Masada is an isolated plateau with precipitous sides rising majestically from the floor of the desert-like Dead Sea basin 1,200 feet below. Here, almost 2,000 years ago, 960 people committed suicide to escape the wrath of the Romans and so passed into legend. John Luce visits this symbol of Jewish nationalism.
Researcher FELICITY GOODALL Producers KATE MCALL and JOHN KNIGHT. BBC Bristol