ATLANTIS: End of a World - Birth of a Legend (BBC, 2011)

Uploaded by merlynstone on 14 Aug 2011

Tells the story of the greatest natural disaster of the ancient world known to the Greeks, an event that experts believe inspired the legend of Atlantis as written by Plato.

Filmed in Greece and South Africa

Directed by Tony Mitchell
Written by Rhidian Brook
Original Music by Ty Unwin
Cinematography by Peter Greenhalgh
Film Editing by Nick Emerson Production Design by Jonathan Lee
Art Direction by William Boyes
Set Decoration by Leon Van Der Merwe
Costume Design by Moira Anne Meyer

From the BBC Press Office:
BBC One is to tell the dramatic story of the greatest natural disaster to shake the ancient world, a disaster that triggered the downfall of a civilisation and spawned a legend.
Around 1620 BC a gigantic volcano in the Aegean Sea stirred from its 19,000-year slumber.
The eruption tore the island of Thera apart, producing massive tsunamis that flooded the nearby island of Crete, the centre of Europe's first great civilisation -- the Minoans.
This apocalyptic event, many experts now believe, provided the inspiration for the legend of Atlantis.
Based on the work of leading scientists, archaeologists and historians, this drama immerses viewers in the exotic world of the Minoans.