Six programmes on the civilisations of Turkey: written and introduced by John Julius Norwich 1: After the Flood
The first programme of this series
In which LORD NORWICH unravels the extraordinary history of the land we now know as Turkey. This week's programme, shot entirely on location, returns to the earliest beginnings and recounts the civilisations of Asia Minor up to the coming of the Greeks.
If you are susceptible to the appeal of antiquity, and feet a sense of membership of history, you can' see these places and hear their names pronounced without a shiver of deliflht
(PETER BLACK: DAILY MAIL)
Film cameraman john BAKER
Film editor ANNA BERSON GYLES Producer DAVID CHESHIRE