Synopsis:
Michael Wood presents an adventure following the route of Alexander
the Great from Greece to India linking ancient and contemporary
history. Having set off to conquer the world in 335 BC, the voyage
of Alexander the Great covered more than 22,000 miles in ten years.
Travelling by jeep, bus, truck, train, retired Russian ambulance
and occasional lifts in helicopters, the film crew discover that
some parts of the world are still completely inaccessible to
anything but the feet of camels, mules, horses or occasionally
humans.
They cross post-Gulf War Iraq and enter Afghanistan during the rise
of the Taliban. They cross the Great Sea of Sand, the Great Salt
Desert and the Desert of Death and climb some of the highest
mountain passes in the world.
Synopsis:
Michael Wood presents an adventure following the route of Alexander
the Great from Greece to India linking ancient and contemporary
history. Having set off to conquer the world in 335 BC, the voyage
of Alexander the Great covered more than 22,000 miles in ten years.
Travelling by jeep, bus, truck, train, retired Russian ambulance
and occasional lifts in helicopters, the film crew discover that
some parts of the world are still completely inaccessible to
anything but the feet of camels, mules, horses or occasionally
humans.
They cross post-Gulf War Iraq and enter Afghanistan during the rise
of the Taliban. They cross the Great Sea of Sand, the Great Salt
Desert and the Desert of Death and climb some of the highest
mountain passes in the world.