Five films about Spain
1: Alcoy - Moors and Christiana
Every April for at least 300 years, the people of Alcoy, a small, inland. industrial town not far from Benidorm. have celebrated the most colourful and extravagant festival of Moors and Christians in all Spain. But who were the real Moors and what effect did their seven centuries of occupation have on Spain?
Film cameraman FINTAN SHEEHAN Film editor MIKE PAVETT Producer BERNARD ADAMS
(Realidades de Espana, with additional background material and language notes, accompanies the series, £2.50, from bookshops and BBC Publications)