Chronicle (1966)
Chronicle (1966)
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
Chronicle is a BBC Television series shown monthly and then fortnightly on BBC Two from 18 June 1966 to its last broadcast in May 1991. Chronicle focused on popular archaeology and related subjects.
The best remembered episodes of Chronicle were "The Lost Treasure of Jerusalem...?", "The Priest, the Painter and The Devil" and "The Shadow of The Templars". These were presented by Henry Lincoln who later went on to write Holy Blood Holy Grail with Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh.
The BBC have made some editions available online
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Cast & Crew.
Paul Johnstone
Director / Producer
Paul Jordan
Director / Writer
Kenneth Shepheard
Director
Julia Cave
Director
Barry Cunliffe
Self
Peter Massey
Director
Kenneth Hudson
Self
Gary Watson
Self - Narrator
Glyn Daniel
Self - Presenter
Gwyn Jones
Self - Contributor
Magnus Magnusson
Self - Presenter / Self - Contributor
John Selwyn Gilbert
Self - Presenter / Producer / Writer
Andrew Faulds
Narrator - (Voice)
Details.
Release DateJune 18, 1966
StatusEnded
Seasons26
Episodes144
Running Time50m
Content RatingTV-PG
Genres
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Wiki.
Chronicle is a British television programme that was shown monthly and then fortnightly on BBC Two from 18 June 1966 until its last broadcast on 29 May 1991. Chronicle focused on popular archaeology and related subjects, and was considered an influential programme and a landmark in early television presentation of archaeology. The programme was commissioned by David Attenborough in 1966, and was produced by the Archaeological and Historical Unit headed by Paul Johnstone and later edited by Bruce Norman. Among the presenters of the programme were Magnus Magnusson, Colin Renfrew, David Drew, and John Julius Norwich.