Ivan Probert

ABOUT

A quadricentennial TV documentary.
The King James Bible is a worldwide best seller – the only authorised English translation of the greatest story ever told.
The majesty and beauty of its prose rivals that of Shakespeare. Its influence has shaped not only our own language, culture and society but that of the rest of the world.
And yet 400 years ago this masterpiece was the grand political project of a publicity conscious King; shot through with private motive and conflicting agendas. It was entrusted to a succession of committees in a bureaucratic structure that checked and re-checked each section of the translation. The question is how did any of this produce such extraordinary prose?
From Westminster Abbey to Hampton Court; the dreaming spires of Oxford and Cambridge to the remote beauty of the Outer Hebrides; author Adam Nicolson leaves no stone unturned in his search for answers.

DETAILS

Edit Schedule19th July - 11th November 2010 (25 days)
First TxBBC Four, 9pm Monday 21st February 2011
Duration59'07"
Audience600,300 (2.1% share)

CREDITS

Presented byAdam Nicolson
With thanks toBodleian Library, University of OxfordSyndicate of Cambridge University LibraryHatfield House, HertfordshireChetham’s LibraryThe Sealed KnotThe Naseby Battlefield Project
Production ExecutiveDebbie Dubois
Production ManagerCatherine Broderick
Production Co-ordinatorAlison ThornberMelissa Quéro
Jimmy Jib OperatorsJeff ThomasDavid Oliver
Rostrum CameraStalwart Films
SoundPaul LordKarl MadertMartin Qesku
PhotographyMike Jackson
ColouristJamie Parry
On-line EditorRob Douglas-Reeves
Dubbing MixerRichard Lee
Film Editor Ivan Probert
ResearchAl Rodgers
Executive Producerfor Jerusalem ProductionsMatthew Barrett
Executive ProducerJean Claude Bragard
Produced & Directed byGillian Bancroft

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