We just had some great news from Tunisia. At the end of On Hannibal’s Trail we rode through a village there called Zama – it was near here that Hannibal fought and lost the final battle of the 2nd Punic War. While we were filming we watched villagers walking or riding donkeys a kilometer down the hill, past the ruins of Roman water reservoirs, to fetch water from a muddy pool/well.
Viasat, a Scandinavian network, has bought On Hannibal’s Trail and plans to broadcast the series starting this August. So the ‘lucky’ people […]
Melvyn Bragg’s radio show has discussed Hannibal‘s war against Rome. It’s an interesting listen: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01n6s03 There’s a also a bibliography and some […]
Ben and Sam are cycling in Tuscany perhaps that’s why I was reminiscing…and just did a quick search and discovered that On […]
BBC Worldwide in partnership with Regional Wine Taster, Bike Odyssey and Ramapithecus Corp has sold On Hannibal‘s Trail to the National Geographic […]
Tonight starting at 1120pm on BBC2 in the UK, it’s the final two episodes of On Hannibal‘s Trail. The Alps were spectacular – […]
So we’re back tonight on BBC2 at 1120pm in a double bill! Some of the best scenery and cycling sequences filmed by […]
When there’s a re-schedule on BBC2 that effects a program you love, you start by looking in obvious places for explanations. When […]
You will be disappointed/relieved to hear that there is no On Hannibal’s Trail this Friday night on BBC2. Thank you to all […]
Andreas Kluth, author of, Hannibal and Me: What History’s Greatest Military Leader Can Teach Us About Success and Failure has written a fun post about On […]