Name: Metropolis
Genre: Factual

Athens gave the modern political system, democracy, and shaped the western world like no other city.

Episode 1, Athens

Factual

The series Metropolis takes us to the very heart of urban life in antiquity and in the 15th century.

The series Metropolis takes us to the very heart of urban life in antiquity...

Ben Shephard hosts the quiz show in which players take on an extraordinary machine.

Ben Shephard hosts the quiz show in which three players take on an extraordinary machine in the hope of winning a cash jackpot.

Three pairs of contestants must work out the words in the Lingo grids and Puzzlewords.

Facing off in this episode are Astrid and her partner Alan, North London husband and wife Peter and Anna, and twin sisters, Megan and Lizzie.

Alexandria, a royal Greek city in the land of the Pharaohs. It was the most powerful metropolis of its time.

Carthage was a Phoenician city on the coast of North Africa which developed into a major center of trade.

Rome would never have made it into the history books without the backing of its huge military apparatus.

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