written and presented by James Burke ; a BBC-TV production in association with RKO Pictures, Canale 5, Italy, FR3, France, YLE, Finland ; series producer, Richard Reisz ; producer, John Lynch
series producer, Graeme Hart ; a production of McGee Media, Inkwell Films, Kunhardt Films and WETA Washington, D.C., in asociation with Nutopia Limited ; written by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; producer/directors, Mark Bates, Karen McGann and Virginia Quinn
directed by Carl Byker & Mitch Wilson ; producers, Jack Combs, Richard Kassebaum ; a production of Oregon Public Broadcasting and Red Hill Productions in association with PBS and Devillier Donegan Enterprises
Miramax Films, HanWay and Australian Film Finance Corporation present a Rumbalara Films, Olsen Levy Production in association with Showtime Australia ; producers, Phillip Noyce, Christine Olsen, John Winter ; screenplay writer, Christine Olsen ; director, Phillip Noyce