Ancients Behaving Badly

Ancients Behaving Badly
Genre	Documentary
Directed by	Oscar Chan Andy Webb
Narrated by	Tom McCamus
Composer(s)	Jerome McPeek Norman Orenstein
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producer(s)	Dan Chambers Pauline Duffy Elliott Halpern
Producer(s)	Kelda Deike Andy Webb
Cinematography	Michael Grippo
Editor(s)	Francesco Bogino Chris Wright
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	45–48 minutes
Production company(s)	Blink Entertainment Yap Films
Release
Original network	The History Channel
Original release	November 6 (2009-11-06) – December 30, 2009 (2009-12-30)

Ancients Behaving Badly is an American documentary series that aired from November to December 2009 on The History Channel. The show focuses on the misdeeds of famous historical figures using forensic investigation, animated sequences, and historian interviews. Although events are depicted in a serious manner, the series has an occasionally tongue-in-cheek narrative style.

Format

Narrated by Tom McCamus, each episode features a new historical leader who "behaved badly." The person's life story is explored through cartoon sequences and historian interviews. The historical figure is then placed on an "Ancients Behaving Badly Psychograph." The y-axis rates them from "goal driven killer" to "psychopathic murderer", while the x-axis measures individual pathologies.

Episodes

• Caligula
• Attila the Hun
• Julius Caesar
• Alexander the Great
• Nero
• Hannibal
• Genghis Khan
• Cleopatra

External links

• Ancients Behaving Badly at IMDb
• Ancients Behaving Badly at epguides.com