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In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great
Michael Wood treks over the Khawak pass, crosses the Oxus river and follows the golden road to Samarkand whilst tracing Alexander the Great's footsteps.
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Michael Wood treks over the Khawak pass, crosses the Oxus river and follows the golden road to Samarkand whilst tracing Alexander the Great's footsteps.
Presented by Kirsty Lang. Then Weather
Michael Wood traces Alexander the Great's route through Pakistan, the plains of Punjab, down the Indus river and across the Makran desert to Babylon where Alexander died aged 32.
Oliver Stone turned to Oxford don and Alexander expert Robin Lane Fox for historical advice. The horse-mad scholar agreed on one condition: that the director let him join Colin Farrell and the charge of the Macedonian cavalry in his epic movie.
The controversial director of Alexander - whose Platoon follows - in conversation.
Oliver Stone's Oscar-winning Vietnam epic from 1986, starring Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen and Forest Whitaker. Review page 56.
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