Around the World in 80 Treasures

UK 2005, 10 x 60 minutes
Rating: [G]
Genres: Documentary / History, Travel

Aroview: A fascinating world tour through civilisation's lasting imprint, with historian Dan Cruickshank globetrotting the planet in search of the eighty greatest man-made structures and monuments.

From Easter Island to the Forbidden City, to traditional stopovers such as The Great Wall of China and the Egyptian Pyramids, Cruickshank admires with a particular fondness for architectural and engineering feats, while more alarmingly, documents the onset of globalisation and the threat it poses to ancient ways of life.

Ten episodes across four discs.

Episode 1: Peru to Brazil
Episode 2: Mexico to Central North America
Episode 3: Australia to Cambodia
Episode 4: Japan to China
Episode 5: India to Sri Lanka
Episode 6: Uzbekistan to Syria
Episode 7: Jordan to Ethiopia
Episode 8: Mali to Egypt
Episode 9: Turkey to Germany
Episode 10: Bosnia to France and Home