London (TV series) 4093922 180424815 2007-12-27T14:31:53Z Franko12 5906990 {{Infobox television| | show_name = London | image = [[Image:Main promo london.jpg|200px]] | caption = | format = Historical documentary | runtime = | creator = | starring = presented by [[Peter Ackroyd]]<br />''see separate section for cast'' | channel = [[BBC]] | first_aired = [[7 May]] [[2004]] | last_aired = May [[2004]] | num_episodes = 3 | producer = | related = }} '''''London''''' is a [[2004]] three-part [[BBC]] history documentary series about the history of [[London]], presented by [[Peter Ackroyd]]. ==Episode list== ===1: Fire and Destiny=== [[Boudicca]], [[Great Fire of London]], [[The Blitz|Blitz]], ===2: Crowd=== Riots, [[Peasants' Revolt]], [[Gordon Riots]] ===3: Water and Darkness=== Sewers, [[River Thames]], [[London Bridge]], [[Springheeled Jack]] =='Cast list'== The series made a visual trope of, as Ackroyd walked around London or was sitting in his study, the persons of famous and anonymous historical figures would fade in and out and act their testimonies. These were played, in alphabetical order, by:- *[[Tyler Butterworth]] .... Merry Andrew *[[Jim Carter]] .... [[Henry Fielding]] *[[Michael Feast]] .... [[Christopher Wren]] *[[William Forde]] .... Young [[Thomas de Quincey]] *[[Tom Hollander]] .... [[T. S. Eliot]] *[[Philip Jackson (actor)|Philip Jackson]] .... [[Samuel Pepys]] *[[Derek Jacobi]] .... [[Tacitus]] *[[Alex Jennings]] .... [[Stephen Spender]] *[[Kara Kyne]] .... [[Jane Alsop]] *[[Chris Langham]] .... [[Ned Ward]] *[[Anton Lesser]] .... [[Charles Dickens]] *[[Philip Madoc]] .... [[Geoffrey of Monmouth]] *[[Joseph McFadden]] .... [[James Boswell]] *[[Tim Pigott-Smith]] .... [[John Evelyn]] *[[Amanda Root]] .... [[Charlotte Brontë]] *[[Jack Shepherd]] .... [[Thomas de Quincey]] *[[John Simm]] .... [[Friedrich Engels]] *[[Toby Stephens]] .... [[Giacomo Casanova|Casanova]] *[[Richard Stockwell]] .... Young [[Peter Ackroyd]] *[[Ronan Vibert]] .... [[Joseph Conrad]] *[[Harriet Walter]] .... [[Virginia Woolf]] *[[Don Warrington]] .... [[Ignatius Sancho]] *[[Timothy West]] .... [[Henry Mayhew]] *[[John Woodvine]] .... [[Henry Moore]] ==External links== *{{imdb title|id=0410260|title=London}} [[Category:BBC television documentaries]] [[Category:2004 television series debuts]] [[Category:2004 television series endings]] [[Category:2000s British television series]] [[Category:History of London]]