Maya Vision's Catalogue
In this section of our site you can find a complete list of the documentaries, dramas and feature films that we've produced since 1983.
Please note that all Maya Vision International films available on DVD are in PAL format and are Region–free. Viewers from NTSC and Secam territories will be able to watch these DVDs on a computer or on portable DVD players.
Latest Additions:
Alexander's Greatest Battle
Alexander's Greatest Battle
The History Channel / BBC Worldwide
1 x 50 mins (2009)
Michael Wood journeys through Syria and Iraq to tell the story of Alexander the Great’s decisive battle against the might of the Persian Empire, solve a great historical mystery and make illuminating connections between the experience and psychology of war then and now.
Producer: Rebecca Dobbs
Director: Jeremy Jeffs
Christina: A Medieval Life
Christina: A Medieval Life
BBC FOUR
1 x 60 mins (2008)
Michael Wood presents a fascinating portrait of ordinary people living through extraordinary times, tracing the life of a real-life peasant of 14th century Hertfordshire.
Producer: Rebecca Dobbs
Location Director: David Wallace
Darfur: Between The Lines
Darfur: Between The Lines
A BBC Worldwide/Wide Angle Special for thirteen WNET New York
1 x 50 mins (2008)
With Darfur’s peace agreement long forgotten and the sound of gunfire ringing in the air, this eye-opening, exclusive film goes deep into the territory to reveal a people struggling desperately for life yet determined to carry on in the face of danger and hardship.
Producer: Sally Thomas
Director: Jeremy Jeffs
Notes From A Dirty Island
Panorama: Notes From A Dirty Island
A Maya Vision and Magneto Films production for BBC One
1 x 29 mins (2008)
Bill Bryson Takes us on a journey through the Britain he loves and asks, why do we treat our beautiful island so bad
Producer/Director: Jeremy Jeffs
Executive Producer: Rebecca Dobbs
The Story of India with Michael Wood
BBC / PBS (2008)
6 x 60 mins
Michael Wood travels across the subcontinent in this epic six-part journey across 10,000 years and 10,000 miles.
Goto: PBS India site.
Producer: Rebecca Dobbs
Director: Jeremy Jeffs
Once Upon A Time In Iran
Once Upon A Time In Iran
US Title: 'Pilgrimage to Karbala'
Channel 4 / thirteen WNET New York (2006)
1 x 90 mins
BAFTA award winning director Kevin Sim takes a breath-taking journey from Iran to Iraq to reveal how an ancient murder still shapes the dangerous world of the Middle East.
This is a film about the power of stories featuring presidents and a pilgrimage to the contested heartlands of Shi’a Islam in Iraq.
Producer: Rebecca Dobbs
Director: Kevin Sim
Durga: The Goddess Comes to London
Durga: The Goddess Comes To London
five (2006)
1 x 45 mins
Filmed over a year with The British Museum, Kolkata comes to London and the Ganges flows into the Thames for the grand celebration of the Hindu goddess, Durga.
Producer: Aaron Young
Directors: Wayne Derrick, Jeremy Jeffs & David Wallace
Gilbert White, The Nature Man
Gilbert White, The Nature Man
BBC FOUR (2006)
1 x 60 mins
Presented by Michael Wood, 'Gilbert White - The Nature Man' is a delightful, visually hypnotic biography of an 18th century country curate.
Producer: Rebecca Dobbs
Location Directors: Simon Normanton, David Wallace, Jeremy Jeffs
The Michael Wood Collection
A special box set containing five of Michael Wood's series from the past 25 years - Shakespeare, Conquistadors, Alexander The Great, The Trojan War and Myths & Heroes
UKTV History (2007)
1 x 60 mins
In one of the first ever commissions for UKTV History, author James Holland tells the touching story of the end of WWII in Europe.
Producer: Rebecca Dobbs
Director: Jeremy Jeffs
Myths & Heroes
In Search of Myths and Heroes
Michael Wood explores some of humanity's most enduring myths.
BBC / PBS (2004)
4 x 50 mins
More on Maya Vision's In Search of Myths and Heroes...
Producer: Rebecca Dobbs
Directors: Jeremy Jeffs & Sean Smith
In Search of Shakespeare
In Search of Shakespeare
Michael Wood traces the life and times of William Shakespeare.
BBC / PBS (2003)
4 x 50 mins
Producer: Rebecca Dobbs
Director: David Wallace
More on Maya Vision's production of In Search of Shakespeare...
Conquistadors
Conquistadors
Following the trail of the Spanish conquest of the Americas. A travel, history, documentary series by Michael Wood.
BBC / PBS (2000)
4 x 49 mins BBC
and 4 x 55 mins PBS
Producer: Rebecca Dobbs
Director: David Wallace
More on Maya Vision's production of Conquistadors...
In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great
In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great
Michael Wood presents an exciting adventure following the route of Alexander the Great from Greece to India linking ancient and contemporary history.
US International Film and Video Festival - Certificate for Creative Excellence - History Catagory 1999
BBC / PBS (1998)
4 x 60 mins
Producer: Rebecca Dobbs
Director: David Wallace
More on Maya Vision's production of In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great...
The Real History Show
Social events from the past are authentically recreated by keen members of the public. Bernard Hill is our interlocutor. Episodes include: The First Flower Show, Fish and Ships and a Victorian Wedding.
Director: John Triffitt
Channel 4 (2000)
3 x 60 mins
Hitler's Search for the Holy Grail
Unveiling the Nazi's perversion of history, from the swastika and the grail to Atlantis, used to justify the horrors of the holocaust and medical experimentation.
Nominated of an Indie Award 2000 - Archive category.
A Secret History Special
Channel 4 (1999)
90 mins
Producer: Rebecca Dobbs
Director: Kevin Sim
Saddam's Killing Fields
Michael Wood exposes Saddam Hussein's systematic genocide of the Marsh Arabs in Southern Iraq.
Director: Chris Jeans
Silver Nymph Award for Best Current Affairs Documentary
Critics Prize at Monte Carlo Television Festival.
Nominated for BAFTA - Best Documentary
Central Television (1993)
52 mins
The Sacred Way
Michael Wood journeys to Eleusis, Greece. Traveller's Tales for WNET/Channel 4.
Channel 4 / WNET (1991)
60 mins
Desire
Sexuality in Germany 1910-1945.
Channel 4 (1989)
52 mins
Darshan
A journey across the Indian continent and culture with Michael Wood.
Channel 4 / Central (1988)
78 mins