David Adams
Director
Alexander's Lost World (2013)
Season 1
Following the course of the River Oxus (Amu Darya) for the first time, David Adams takes viewers on an extraordinary 1,500-mile (2400 km) journey through war-torn Afghanistan and Central Asia.
Released May 21, 2013
Episode 46 min
None+
Genres: Adventure, Documentary, History
Keywords: mdblist.imdb-tv-mini-series, imdb.tv-mini-series
Production Companies: Yesterday
Network: Sky Vision
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Explorations on an Ancient Sea
In search of the Alexander’s Lost World, Adams follows in the footsteps of the earliest Greek explorers, putting a new theory on Jason and the Argonauts to the test. Are the ancient accounts correct? Were the Caspian and Black seas once joined, actually making it possible for the Argonauts to sail to the East?
May 21, 2013, midnight
S1E2 - The Mother of All Cities
Crossing into Afghanistan in search of the lost city of Bactra, Adams uses the Ancient Greek accounts as a guide to try and locate Alexander’s fabled Central Asian Capital. Long thought to be the citadel of Balkh, the Greeks accounts appear to describe a different city entirely. In the markets beneath the citadel, he finds evidence to suggest Bactra may lie out towards the Oxus River at the end of a great delta.
May 28, 2013, midnight
S1E3 - Alexandria on the Oxus
Did Alexander really build sixteen cities in Afghanistan and Central Asia or was he the destroyer of a far more ancient civilization? Adams goes in search of the most alluring of them all – Alexandria on the Oxus. On patrol with the German army David moves over the very same ground as Alexander.
June 4, 2013, midnight
S1E4 - City of Lady Moon
Crossing back into Afghanistan, Adams continues his search for Alexander’s Lost Cities. Lost in a sand storm in the desert, he and cameraman Greg finally reach a remote police outpost in the Taliban held Kunduz delta. The police take him deeper into the delta to the vast fortress known as Qy-i-Zal, believed to be one of Alexander’s bases.
June 11, 2013, midnight
S1E5 - The Land of the Golden Fleece
In the waters of the Oxus River Adams discovers a surprising connection to Jason and the Argonauts – could they have possibly travelled this far from Greece? David explores the riches that had drawn Alexander and the Greeks, following the ancient trade route deep into in remotest Badakshan to discover more of its ancient civilization.
June 18, 2013, midnight
S1E6 - Source of Civilisation
To discover the origins of these people and their civilization that flowered long before Alexander’s arrival David enters one of the least visited places on earth – the Wakhan Corridor. With a caravan of twenty-five yaks, horses and handlers, he begins the final leg of his Quest for Alexander’s lost world and experiences what it was like for Alexander’s army to live and fight in the high passes on the roof of the world.
June 25, 2013, midnight
Network: Sky Vision
Episode Runtime: 46 min.
Season Runtime: 276 min.
Released: May 21, 2013
Last Air Date: June 25, 2013, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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