a co-production of Tigress Productions Limited and Thirteen/WNET New York in association with British Broadcasting Corporation ; producer, Linda Bell ; director, David Allen
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
an IWC Media production for the BBC ; produced by Michael Simkin and Ross Harper ; directed by David Wilson, Ishbell Hall, Michael Simkin and Ross Harper
a Mitchell Beazley Television, RM Arts/Channel Four co-production in association with the Nigerian Television Authority ; written and presented by Basil Davidson ; produced by John Percival ; directed by John Percival, Christopher Ralling, Andrew Harries, and Mick Csaky