Storyline
The Peloponnesian Wars (Athens versus Sparta for twenty-seven years) told in the format of news broadcast-like monologues by Theucydides, Plato, and others.
Released
3/28/1991
Runtime
1h 10min
Director
Genre
Status
Released
Language
English
Production
BBC
Cast
John Bennett
Corcyran Representative
David Calder
Cleon
Oliver Ford Davies
Melian Representative
Don Henderson
Socrates
Jonathan Hyde
Corinthian Representative
Andrew Keir
Archidamus
Sara Kestelman
Presenter (voice)
Ben Kingsley
Pericles
Michael Kitchen
2nd Athenian Representative
David Lyon
Camarinean Representative
Alec McCowen
Thucydides
Stephen Moore
1st Athenian Representative
Nathaniel Parker
Alcibiades
Bob Peck
Nicias
Ronald Pickup
Diodotus
Norman Rodway
Spartan General
John Rowe
Hermocrates
Clive Swift
Athenagoras
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