Pompeii's Final Hours: New Evidence
TV Show · Documentary · History

Using new sources, new excavations, and the latest technology, `Pompeii's Final Hours: New Evidence' challenges what we think we know about the final days of Pompeii. New evidence is revealed to bring the final 48 hours of the Roman city to life. Historian Bettany Hughes, archaeologist Raksha Dave and John Sergeant have access to parts of the city which are not open to the public, and investigate how the Roman way of life has survived for 2000 years. The trio attempts to answer questions such as: `Why did so many people stay behind when their world was coming to an end?'. With the use of cutting edge scientific analysis, what we know about Pompeii's most famous bodies will be re-imagined.

2018 · 50m
Starring Estelle Lazer, Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo, Kevin Dicus
Director Paul Nelson, Jamie Simpson

Season 1

  • Episode 2
    EPISODE 2
    Episode 2
    Bettany Hughes investigate whether Pompeii's incredibly well-preserved bath houses and water system hold any clues to what was happening on the day leading up to the eruption, and even climbs into the crater of Vesuvius itself.
    44 min
  • Episode 3
    EPISODE 3
    Episode 3
    Having lain dormant for 700 years, Vesuvius reawakens. Bettany tries to find out why so many stay behind, as pumice begins to fall from the sky and buildings begin to collapse.
    45 min

Related

  • Pompeii: The New Dig
  • Bettany Hughes' Voices of the Dead
  • Rise of The Black Pharaohs
  • Pompeii: Secrets Of The Dead
  • A History of Ancient Britain
  • Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator
  • Colosseum
  • Pompeii: The Discovery with Dan Snow
  • A Greek Odyssey with Bettany Hughes

Cast & Crew

  • E‌L
    Estelle Lazer
    Self
  • G‌M
    Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo
    Self
  • K‌D
    Kevin Dicus
    Self
  • F‌B
    Francesca Bianco
    Self
  • Bettany Hughes
    Host
  • Raksha Dave
    Host
  • John Sergeant
    Host
  • P‌N
    Paul Nelson
    Director
  • J‌S
    Jamie Simpson
    Director
  • E‌M
    Elena Mortelliti
    Producer
  • P‌N
    Paul Nelson
    Producer

About

Pompeii's Final Hours: New Evidence

Documentary

Using new sources, new excavations, and the latest technology, `Pompeii's Final Hours: New Evidence' challenges what we think we know about the final days of Pompeii. New evidence is revealed to bring the final 48 hours of the Roman city to life. Historian Bettany Hughes, archaeologist Raksha Dave and John Sergeant have access to parts of the city which are not open to the public, and investigate how the Roman way of life has survived for 2000 years. The trio attempts to answer questions such as: `Why did so many people stay behind when their world was coming to an end?'. With the use of cutting edge scientific analysis, what we know about Pompeii's most famous bodies will be re-imagined.

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Studio
Kunskapskanalen
Released
2018
Rated
12
Region of Origin
United Kingdom

Languages

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English (United Kingdom), English
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