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Europe, Oz Meet the Roman Empire

Meet the Roman Empire is fronted by

Meet the Roman Empire is fronted by Mary Beard

Broadcasters from Europe and Australia have acquired Greek and Roman factual content from distributor All3Media International, including a new series from UK prodco Lion Television.

Meet the Roman Empire, produced by Lion for BBC2 in the UK, has been pre-sold to SBS in Australia, AMC in Central and Eastern Europe, TVO in Canada and Top TV in New Zealand, along with a global DVD deal with Discovery Communications.

The 4×60’ series follows historian and classicist Professor Mary Beard as she examines the legacy left behind by the Roman civilisation.

In addition, Australia’s Foxtel has signed Lion’s one-hour special Pompeii: Life Before Death.

AMC in the Czech Republic and Hungary has also picked up BBC2 series Building the Ancient City: Athens and Rome (2×60’) from Brave New Media.

The show has also gone to Foxtel in Australia and New Zealand, FTV Prima in the Czech Republic, HRT in Croatia, MTG in Scandinavia and CEE, RTVE in Spain and SBS in Australia.

Meanwhile, The Other Pompeii – Life and Death in Herculaneum has been picked up by Discovery Networks Asia Pacific (China) and Discovery Communications Europe (Italy and Italian speaking Europe), as well as AMC (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary), Foxtel (Australia), FTV Prima (Czech Republic), HRT (Croatia), IMC Vision (UK DVD), MTG (Scandinavia and CEE), SBS (Australia) and Latvian Television.

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