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Terry Jones' Barbarians

Terry Jones' Barbarians

2006•4h 0m
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Terry Jones' Barbarians is a 4-part TV documentary series first broadcast on BBC 2 in 2006. It was written and presented by Terry Jones, and it challenges the received Roman and Roman Catholic notion of the barbarian. Professor Barry Cunliffe of the University of Oxford acted as consultant for the series.

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Koch Vision, Oxford Films, BBC

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Terry Jones

Terry Jones

Presenter

Adrian Fear

Julius Caesar

Monika Miles

Attila's Wife

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