In the Beginnings

Summary

In this opening episode Cunk travels the world, heading down caves and up mountains in her search for Mankind’s first moments, and with the help of a variety of experts she explains how the earliest societies were formed: from the easier ones to spell like Rome and Greece, to the ones that are harder to spell, like Egypt and Mesopotamia.

Guest stars

• Paul Bahn as Self - Archaeologist
• Jim Al-Khalili as Self - Professor of Public Engagement in Science
• Irving Finkel as Self - Assistant Keeper of Ancient Mesopotamian Script
• Eleanor Robson as Self - Professor of Ancient Middle Eastern History
• Joyce Tyldesley as Self - Professor of Egyptology, University of Manchester
• Lyndsay Coo as Self - Senior Lecturer in Ancient Greek Language and Literature
• Myrto Hatzimichali as Self - Senior Lecturer in Classics (Ancient Philosophy)
• Douglas Hedley as Self - Professor of the Philosophy of Religion
• John Man as Self - Historian / Author, The Great Wall
• Nigel Spivey as Self - Senior Lecturer in Classics