presented by China Film Co. Ltd., Beijing Forbidden City Film Co., Repérage ; a film by Jean-Jacques Annaud ; screenplay by Alain Godard [and three others] ; produced by Jean-Jacques Annaud, Xavier Castano ; directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud
an ABTV production for the Learning Channel in association with IBIS Films and Channel Four Television ; series producer, Nicholas Barton ; written by John Romer ; co-writer, Elizabeth Romer ; series director, Derek Towers