A programme to celebrate the bicentenary of its publication. Edward Gibbon is played by Clive Swift
The contributors:
Barry Cunliffe , M. I. Finley
Robert Ireland, Magnus Magnusson John Julius Norwich
Just why is a work written so long ago still read today? And why has it been called the greatest historical work of modern times '? This special Chronicle programme looks at some of the themes of Gibbon's story. At the same time five historians and archaeologists of our own day take us to the splendid sites of Roman antiquity and show how modern research has thrown new light on the history which Gibbon tells.
Script consultant MICHAEL GRANT
Executive producer PAUL JOHNSTONE
Producer KENNETH SHEPHEARD