Anniversary: The Battle of Cannae
August 2nd is the anniversary of the Battle of Cannae, Hannibal’s greatest victory against ancient Rome. It’s one of a handful of ancient […]
Dweeb surfer types
A very funny review from the Independent: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/last-nights-tv–on-hannibals-trail-bbc4-who-do-you-think-you-are-bbc1-2030297.html The programme is on the BBC website here too: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00t4kh3/On_Hannibals_Trail_Hitting_the_Road/
Blog of a blog
This is a blog about a blog I wrote for the BBC TV blog blog: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tv/2010/07/on-hannibals-trail-cycling-fro.shtml Blog? Just in case we hadn’t […]
The Press Reaction…
“Tour de Warrior” The Sunday Times, 18th July “The story’s a cracker…Part-travelogue, part-history lesson” Timeout, 15th July “Well-informed and surprisingly […]
BBC Programme page is live
The BBC have just published a page on their website about the documentary: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00t6skb The first episode is called Hitting the Road […]
July 19th on BBC Four…Hannibal!
The BBC has confirmed a broadcast date for the series and it’s very soon! The six episodes of On Hannibal’s Trail will […]
Jama Charity Fund
We have started up a charity fund to help the village of Jama. This is possibly where Hannibal fought his last great […]
First clip from the series is on YouTube – race up Mont Ventoux
The BBC guys have just put a clip from the series on the internet. It shows our race up Mont Ventoux and […]
Visiting the New Rome
I was recently in Las Vegas where I called in on a modern reincarnation of Hannibal’s old enemy. As you probably know, […]
Bikes Instead of Elephants
Here’s an article in Spain’s El Pais newspaper about the section of our cycle route between Ristolas in the French Alps and Piasco […]