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In Search of the Trojan War
Region 1 DVD cover
GenreHistory documentary
Written byMichael Wood
Directed byBill Lyons
Presented byMichael Wood
ComposersTerry Oldfield
David Pash
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producerColin Adams
ProducerBill Lyons
Running timeapproximately 345 minutes in total
Production companyBBC
Original release
NetworkBBC2
Release24 February (1985-02-24) –
31 March 1985 (1985-03-31)
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In Search of the Trojan War is a six-part BBC TV documentary series written and presented by Michael Wood, first broadcast in 1985 on BBC2. It examines the extent to which historical and archeological evidence matches the tale of the Trojan War as recounted by Homer in The Iliad.[1]

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