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Heroes and Villains (TV series)

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image	Heroes & Villains DVD Cover.jpg
caption	BBC DVD cover
genre	Drama
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country	United Kingdom
language	English
num_series	1
num_episodes	6
executive_producer	Matthew Barrett
producer	Mark Hedgecoe
runtime	60 minutes
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Heroes and Villains is a 2007 BBC Television docudrama series looking at key moments in the lives and reputations of some of the greatest warriors of history. Each hour-long episode features a different historical figure, including Napoleon I of France, Attila the Hun, Spartacus, Hernán Cortés, Richard I of England, and Tokugawa Ieyasu. The statements at the beginning of each episode read: "This film depicts real events and real characters. It is based on the accounts of writers of the time. It has been written with the advice of modern historians." In the United States the show was aired on The Military Channel and was called Warriors.

Production

The series was filmed by BBC Factual department in 720p high definition with the Panasonic DVCPRO HD cameras. The greenscreen scenes were filmed with handheld AG-HVX200 cameras.

Episodes

The numbering of the six episodes that make up the series is debatable due to them being listed differently on different sources. The DVD release has them listed in the order of Spartacus, Attila the Hun, Shogun, Richard the Lionheart, Cortes, and Napoleon; while the BBC website guide has them listed as Napoleon 1/6, Cortes 2/6, Attila the Hun 3/6, Shogun 4/6, Spartacus 5/6, and Richard the Lionheart 6/6. However they are listed here by their airdate according to the BBC website.

Rob Brydon as Fréron
Richard McCabe as Barras
Tom Burke as Napoleon
Laura Greenwood as Paoletta
Alice Krige as Letizia
Alex Lowe as Junot
Kenneth Cranham as General Carteaux
Gina Bellman as Catherine Carteaux
Darren Queralt as Denon
Roger Ashton-Griffiths as General Doppet
Anthony Higgins as General Dugommier
Kevin Eldon as Romulus
Big Mick as Zercon
Rory McCann as Attila the Hun
Nicholas Boulton as Bleda
Allen Leech as Edeco
Michael Maloney as Vigilas
Jonathan Phillips as Theodosius
Ian Barritt as Chrysaphius
Ian Lindsay as Maximinus
Oliver Cotton as Aetius
Anthony Flanagan as Spartacus
Nadia Boussetta as Spartacus's Wife
Jamie Foreman as Slave Trader
Mark Wingett as Batiatus
Johnny Harris as Oenameaus
Andrew Tiernan as Crixus
Robert Glenister as Crassus
Rupert Vansittart as Lentulus
Brian McCardie as Hernán Cortés
Nicholas Shaw as Sandoval
Andrew Howard as Alvarado
Niall Macgregor as Velasquez
Vineeta Rishi as Doña Marina
David Maybrick as Lopez
Ramon Tikaram as Moctezuma
TJ Ramini as Cuauhtémoc
Alec Newman as Villafana
Leon Ockenden as Earl of Leicester
Harry Lloyd as Lucas
Steven Waddington as Richard the Lionheart
Alice Patten as Joan
Stuart Wilson as Hugh De Burgundy
Donald Sumpter as Garnier
Andy Lucas as Saladin
Silas Carson as Al Adil
Daragh O'Malley as William
James Saito as Tokugawa Ieyasu
Hiro Kanagawa as Ishida Mitsunari
Togo Igawa as The Taiko
Hiroshi Katsuno as Mototada
Yuji Okumoto as Naomasa
Koh Takeuchi as Hidetada
Henry Hayashi as Ukita
Louis Ozawa Changchien as Hideaki
Kohei Mima as Tadayoshi

Media information

DVD release

The series was released as a two disc set on Region 2 DVD by BBC Video on 24 March 2008. It was marketed and sold in the United States in April 2009 as "Warriors". The USA release included a third disc containing two Edward Bazalgette documentaries, Hannibal and Genghis Khan.

Companion book

References

[http://military.discovery.com/tv-shows/military-channel-presents/about-warriors.htm The Military Channel – Warriors] {{webarchive. link. (6 July 2013)
"Reel World – Blockbuster TV, p. 20".
[https://web.archive.org/web/20090628115752/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00fmhzs/episodes/2008 BBC.co.uk Heroes and Villains 2008 Broadcasts]
[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00fmhzs BBC.co.uk Heroes and Villains]
[http://www.bbcshop.com/invt/bbcdvd2513 BBCShop.com Heroes and Villains]
[https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000YY561K Amazon.com Heroes and Villains]
(28 April 2009). "Warriors". BBC Home Entertainment.
''Warriors'', disc 3
[https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1846072409 Amazon.com Heroes and Villains: Inside the Minds of the Greatest Warriors in History]

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