a Nutopia production for BBC and PBS ; written & presented by Mary Beard (episodes 2, 3), David Olusoga (episodes 4, 8), Simon Schama (episodes 1, 5, 6, 7, 9) ; additional writing by Shaun Trevisick ; produced & directed by Ashley Gething, Matthew Hill, Ian Leese, Tim Niel ; series producers, Melanie Fall, Shaun Trevisick
produced by the National Geographic Society and WQED, Pittsburgh ; executive producers, Dennis B. Kane, Thomas Skinner ; produced and photographed by Stanley Breeden, Belinda Wright ; written by Stanley Breeden