Tommy Tainant
Diamond Member
Art of Persia - Series 1: Episode 1
Samira Ahmed reveals how the Persian Empire was born.
www.bbc.co.uk
I missed this one last year and only caught it tonight by accident.
It covers a thousand years of Iranian culture and is probably the most stunning doc I have seen. Samira Ahmed has seemingly been given free rein to explore the country and explain it to us through its art and architecture. The results are spectacular and I urge you to hunt this down. It must be on the BBC over there or some PBS type channel.
She visits a perfectly preserved village that is 4000 years old and a Mosque where the alls are inlaid with turquoise.
Its a visual feast and time not wasted.